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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

Clickbait, Netflix review - fiendishly cunning thriller keeps everybody guessing

Saturday, 04 September 2021 Read more...

Vigil, BBC One review - murder most watery

Monday, 30 August 2021 Read more...

The White Lotus, Sky Atlantic review - dark side of a tropical paradise

Sunday, 29 August 2021 Read more...

Britannia, Series 3, Sky Atlantic review - murder, mysticism and anaemic slapstick

Wednesday, 25 August 2021 Read more...

The Beach Boys: Feel Flows - the Sunflower and Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971

Monday, 23 August 2021 Read more...

Hit & Run, Netflix review - Lior Raz excels as a hard man on a hazardous mission

Friday, 20 August 2021 Read more...

Reminiscence review - looks great but doesn't deliver

Thursday, 19 August 2021 Read more...

Deceit, Channel 4 review - how Colin Stagg became prime suspect in the Rachel Nickell case

Saturday, 14 August 2021 Read more...

theartsdesk Q&A: writer and comedian Tom Davis

Friday, 13 August 2021 Read more...

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson, Apple TV+ review - riveting survey of the technology that transformed music

Monday, 09 August 2021 Read more...

I Am Victoria, Channel 4 review - improvised drama in need of more substance

Friday, 06 August 2021 Read more...

Professor T, ITV review - whimsical tales of boffinly detection

Monday, 26 July 2021 Read more...

Old review - time flies in tropical island mystery

Friday, 23 July 2021 Read more...

Baptiste, Series 2, BBC One review - powerful comeback for the sorrowful French detective

Monday, 19 July 2021 Read more...

Lie With Me, Channel 5 review - abuse and betrayal in the Melbourne suburbs

Friday, 16 July 2021 Read more...

Carlos Ghosn: The Last Flight - Storyville, BBC Four review - the tycoon who fell to earth

Thursday, 15 July 2021 Read more...

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