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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

The Beach Boys, Disney+ review - heroes and villains and good vibrations

Friday, 24 May 2024 Read more...

theartsdesk Q&A: Eddie Marsan and the American Revolution, posh boys and East End gangsters

Wednesday, 22 May 2024 Read more...

Rebus, BBC One review - revival of Ian Rankin's Scottish 'tec hits the jackpot

Monday, 20 May 2024 Read more...

Fawlty Towers: The Play, Apollo Theatre review - lightning strikes twice

Friday, 17 May 2024 Read more...

Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire review - dirty deeds done dirt cheap

Friday, 17 May 2024 Read more...

Our Mothers review - revisiting the horrors of Guatemala's civil war

Monday, 13 May 2024 Read more...

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, Disney+ review - how the boy from Sayreville, NJ conquered the world

Tuesday, 07 May 2024 Read more...

Red Eye, ITV review - Anglo-Chinese relations tested in junk-food thriller

Monday, 06 May 2024 Read more...

Anthracite, Netflix review - murderous mysteries in the French Alps

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 Read more...

Civil War review - God help America

Friday, 12 April 2024 Read more...

Scoop, Netflix review - revisiting a Right Royal nightmare

Friday, 05 April 2024 Read more...

This Town, BBC One review - lurid melodrama in Eighties Brummieland

Monday, 01 April 2024 Read more...

Passenger, ITV review - who are they trying to kid?

Thursday, 28 March 2024 Read more...

3 Body Problem, Netflix review - life, the universe and everything (and a bit more)

Tuesday, 26 March 2024 Read more...

The Delinquents review - escape to the country, Buenos Aires style

Thursday, 21 March 2024 Read more...

Manhunt, Apple TV+ review - all the President's men

Tuesday, 19 March 2024 Read more...

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