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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

Blu-ray: Rio Grande

Wednesday, 15 April 2020 Read more...

Danger Close review - the Vietnam war from an Australian perspective

Saturday, 11 April 2020 Read more...

theartsdesk Q&A: actor Gemma Whelan

Saturday, 11 April 2020 Read more...

Alma's Not Normal, BBC Two review - bare-knuckle comedy pilot hits the spot

Thursday, 09 April 2020 Read more...

Return to Belsen, ITV review - Jonathan Dimbleby retraces his father's journey to a nightmare world

Wednesday, 08 April 2020 Read more...

The Iron Mask review - preposterous multi-national fantasy

Wednesday, 08 April 2020 Read more...

Ozark, Series 3 review, Netflix - money-laundering saga hits new heights

Monday, 06 April 2020 Read more...

The Trip to Greece, Series Finale, Sky 1 review - bittersweet swansong for the cantankerous comrades

Wednesday, 01 April 2020 Read more...

Pen15, Sky Comedy review - the horror of adolescent schooldays revisited

Wednesday, 01 April 2020 Read more...

Batwoman, E4 review - can Bruce Wayne's female cousin fill his bat-costume?

Monday, 30 March 2020 Read more...

Our Girl, Series 5, BBC One review - where soap and warfare collide

Wednesday, 25 March 2020 Read more...

Comedy Against Living Miserably, Dave review - standups tread the boards for CALM charity

Wednesday, 25 March 2020 Read more...

The English Game, Netflix review - it's the toffs versus the workers in this version of sporting history

Saturday, 21 March 2020 Read more...

The Art Mysteries, BBC Four review - secrets and symbols of Van Gogh's famous self-portrait

Wednesday, 18 March 2020 Read more...

Penance, Channel 5 review - lust, disgust and mistrust in Kate O'Riordan's thrilller

Wednesday, 18 March 2020 Read more...

Belgravia, ITV review - when the toffs and the nouveaux riches collided

Monday, 16 March 2020 Read more...

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