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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

A Real Pain review - Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin take a Holocaust tour of Poland

Wednesday, 08 January 2025 Read more...

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Sky Atlantic review - Colin Firth stars in gruelling dramatisation of the 1988 terror attack

Friday, 03 January 2025 Read more...

SAS Rogue Heroes, Series 2, BBC One review - Paddy Mayne's renegade warriors invade Italy

Wednesday, 01 January 2025 Read more...

All Creatures Great and Small, Christmas Special, Channel 5 review - Mrs Hall steps into the spotlight

Tuesday, 24 December 2024 Read more...

Death in Paradise Christmas Special, BBC One review - who killed Santa Claus?

Monday, 23 December 2024 Read more...

Queer review - Daniel Craig meets William Burroughs

Friday, 13 December 2024 Read more...

Black Doves, Netflix review - Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw battle against the implausible

Tuesday, 10 December 2024 Read more...

Nightbitch review - Mother's life as a dog

Friday, 06 December 2024 Read more...

Conclave review - secrets and lies in the Vatican's inner sanctum

Saturday, 30 November 2024 Read more...

Senna, Netflix review - the life and legend of Brazil's greatest driver

Friday, 29 November 2024 Read more...

Landman, Paramount+ review - once upon a time in the West

Thursday, 28 November 2024 Read more...

Gladiator II review - can lightning strike twice?

Sunday, 17 November 2024 Read more...

Paris Has Fallen, Prime Video review - Afghan war veteran wreaks a terrible vengeance

Thursday, 14 November 2024 Read more...

The Day of the Jackal, Sky Atlantic review - Frederick Forsyth's assassin gets a modern-day makeover

Friday, 08 November 2024 Read more...

Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Disney+ review - the Boss grows older defiantly

Friday, 01 November 2024 Read more...

London Film Festival 2024 - Angelina Jolie does Maria Callas

Thursday, 24 October 2024 Read more...

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