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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 Crown, Series 2, Netflix review - all our yesterdays, cunningly rewritten

Friday, 08 December 2017 Read more...

Witnesses: A Frozen Death, BBC Four review - plummeting temperatures in the Pas de Calais

Sunday, 26 November 2017 Read more...

Ferrari: Race to Immortality review - death and glory in 1950s motor racing

Thursday, 02 November 2017 Read more...

The Exorcist, Phoenix Theatre review - see the movie

Wednesday, 01 November 2017 Read more...

Strike Back, Series 6, Sky 1 review - more stories for boys

Wednesday, 01 November 2017 Read more...

Steely Dan / The Doobie Brothers, Bluesfest 2017 review - brilliant Dan, delicious Doobies

Monday, 30 October 2017 Read more...

Breathe review - heroic but airbrushed struggle against disability

Thursday, 26 October 2017 Read more...

Gunpowder, BBC One review – death, horror, treason and a hint of farce

Sunday, 22 October 2017 Read more...

George Michael: Freedom, Channel 4 review - just a supersized commercial?

Tuesday, 17 October 2017 Read more...

LFF 2017: Mindhunter / My Generation - Fincher comes to Netflix, Caine does Swinging London

Friday, 13 October 2017 Read more...

LFF 2017: Blade of the Immortal / Redoubtable - Samurai slasher versus the Nouvelle Vague

Thursday, 12 October 2017 Read more...

Snowfall, BBC Two review - blizzard hits South Central

Monday, 09 October 2017 Read more...

LFF 2017: Journey's End review - classic play becomes cracking film

Saturday, 07 October 2017 Read more...

LFF 2017: Breathe review - overdosing on good intentions

Thursday, 05 October 2017 Read more...

Blade Runner 2049 review - powerful but needs more soul

Thursday, 05 October 2017 Read more...

The Last Post, BBC One review - sundown on the Empire

Monday, 02 October 2017 Read more...

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