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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 Dig, Netflix review - a haunting exploration of time and timelessness

Thursday, 28 January 2021 Read more...

Marcella, Series 3, ITV review - Anna Friel returns as the defective detective

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 Read more...

Call My Agent!, Series 4, Netflix review - the final bow for the Parisian showbiz saga?

Friday, 22 January 2021 Read more...

Servant, Apple TV+ review - shocks, shivers and black humour in missing-baby saga

Tuesday, 19 January 2021 Read more...

Finding Alice, ITV review - thriller, comedy or melodrama?

Monday, 18 January 2021 Read more...

Spiral, Series 8, BBC Four review - dark days in the City of Light

Sunday, 10 January 2021 Read more...

Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie, Sky Documentaries review - the classic motor racing film that never was

Wednesday, 06 January 2021 Read more...

The Great, Channel 4 review - Russian history gets a whirl in the fictional blender

Monday, 04 January 2021 Read more...

Bridgerton, Netflix review - bodice-ripper cliches recycled in Regency romp

Friday, 25 December 2020 Read more...

All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas Special, Channel 5 review - big and little dramas in the Dales

Wednesday, 23 December 2020 Read more...

Let Him Go review - melancholy family drama morphs into ferocious thriller

Thursday, 17 December 2020 Read more...

Wonder Woman 1984 review - be careful what you wish for

Wednesday, 16 December 2020 Read more...

Mosul, Netflix review - gruelling story of Iraq's Nineveh SWAT team

Saturday, 12 December 2020 Read more...

Tin Star: Liverpool, Sky Atlantic review - massed mayhem on Merseyside

Friday, 11 December 2020 Read more...

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years, ITV review - inside story of the world's longest-running TV soap

Tuesday, 08 December 2020 Read more...

Host review - Zoom seance triggers unspeakable consequences

Saturday, 05 December 2020 Read more...

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