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Former features editor of Melody Maker, Adam has written on rock, classical music and television for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, Uncut, Classic FM and Gramophone, and on motor-racing for Motorsport. He co-founded The Virtual Television Company, which made Mr Rock'n'Roll (Channel 4), Pavarotti: The Last Tenor (BBC2 Arena) and Imagine - Nigel Kennedy (BBC One)

Articles By Adam Sweeting

Long Promised Road review - another attempt to probe the fragile genius of Brian Wilson

Saturday, 22 January 2022 Read more...

Nightmare Alley review - a dazzling trip through a heart of darkness

Friday, 21 January 2022 Read more...

Munich: The Edge of War review - Jeremy Irons excels in a revisionist portrait of Neville Chamberlain

Tuesday, 18 January 2022 Read more...

Rules of the Game, BBC One review - feminist workplace drama topples into farce

Thursday, 13 January 2022 Read more...

Witch Hunt, All 4 review - dark deeds and dirty money

Saturday, 08 January 2022 Read more...

The Tourist, BBC One review - gripping Outback thriller from the Williams brothers

Sunday, 02 January 2022 Read more...

A Very British Scandal, BBC One review - the wild life and times of the Duchess of Argyll

Monday, 27 December 2021 Read more...

The Amazing Mr Blunden, Sky Max / The Mezzotint, BBC Two reviews - blundering Blunden eclipsed by M R James

Friday, 24 December 2021 Read more...

The Girl Before, BBC One review - high-tech dream home contains many a heartache

Monday, 20 December 2021 Read more...

Landscapers, Sky Atlantic review - Olivia Colman and David Thewlis star as a pair of convicted killers

Wednesday, 08 December 2021 Read more...

You Don't Know Me, BBC One review - true love meets inner-city crime wave

Tuesday, 07 December 2021 Read more...

Hellbound, Netflix review - supernatural assassins usher in an age of terror

Friday, 03 December 2021 Read more...

The Unforgivable review - Sandra Bullock gets stuck in a doom-struck rut

Saturday, 27 November 2021 Read more...

The Beatles: Get Back, Disney+ review - 1969 revisited in Peter Jackson's three-part documentary

Thursday, 25 November 2021 Read more...

Dopesick, Disney+ review - the harrowing inside story of America's OxyContin scandal

Saturday, 20 November 2021 Read more...

Bruised review - Halle Berry takes the blows and does it her way

Thursday, 18 November 2021 Read more...

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