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Adam Sweeting

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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

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...

Sex/Life, Netflix review - Mills & Boon for the YouPorn era?

Tuesday, 13 July 2021 Read more...

Mosley: It's Complicated review - flattering portrait of a clever and ruthless power-broker

Friday, 09 July 2021 Read more...

The Tomorrow War, Amazon Prime - futuristic blockbuster outstays its welcome

Saturday, 03 July 2021 Read more...

Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein's Shadow, Sky Documentaries review - the iniquitous fall of the tycoon's daughter

Friday, 02 July 2021 Read more...

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