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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

Five Guys a Week, Channel 4 review - lemming-like contestants make spectacles of themselves

Wednesday, 11 March 2020 Read more...

Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Netflix review - thrilling documentary series wreaks havoc in the paddock

Saturday, 07 March 2020 Read more...

Beauty Laid Bare, BBC One review - a facial peel for the cosmetics business

Wednesday, 04 March 2020 Read more...

Escape from Pretoria review - fun but facile prison-break drama

Wednesday, 04 March 2020 Read more...

The Trip to Greece, Sky 1 review - jokes, jibes and indigestion in the footsteps of Odysseus

Wednesday, 04 March 2020 Read more...

Liar, Series 2, ITV review - more crime-by-numbers from the Williams brothers

Tuesday, 03 March 2020 Read more...

The Windsors, Series 3, Channel 4 review - perfect timing for return of the bogus royals

Wednesday, 26 February 2020 Read more...

Back in Time for the Corner Shop, BBC Two review - open all hours with the Ardern family

Wednesday, 26 February 2020 Read more...

Flesh and Blood, ITV review - Vivien's new love affair throws a cat among the family pigeons

Tuesday, 25 February 2020 Read more...

Locke & Key, Netflix review - comic book adaptation struggles to find its focus

Monday, 24 February 2020 Read more...

Hunters, Amazon Prime review - bringing God's justice to Nazis in America

Saturday, 22 February 2020 Read more...

The Call of the Wild review - how big-hearted Buck became leader of the pack

Friday, 21 February 2020 Read more...

How To Stay out of Jail, Channel 4 review – a bold rehabilitation programme from Durham police

Wednesday, 19 February 2020 Read more...

Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley, BBC Four review - is this version more valid than anyone else's?

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 Read more...

The Stranger, Netflix review - strong cast grapples with labyrinthine plotting

Saturday, 15 February 2020 Read more...

The Split, Series 2, BBC One review - where the law and family fortunes collide

Wednesday, 12 February 2020 Read more...

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