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 Gold, Series 2, BBC One review - back on the trail of the Brink's-Mat bandits Monday, 09 June 2025 Read more...	Dept. Q, Netflix review - Danish crime thriller finds a new home in Edinburgh Monday, 02 June 2025 Read more...
The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone, BBC Two - boom and bust in the lingerie trade Thursday, 29 May 2025 Read more...	The Phoenician Scheme review - further adventures in the idiosyncratic world of Wes Anderson Friday, 23 May 2025 Read more...
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning review - can this really be the end for Ethan Hunt? Thursday, 22 May 2025 Read more...	The Bombing of Pan Am 103, BBC One review - new dramatisation of the horrific Lockerbie terror attack Monday, 19 May 2025 Read more...
theartsdesk Q&A: Zoë Telford on playing a stressed-out psychiatrist in ITV's 'Malpractice' Friday, 16 May 2025 Read more...	Malpractice, ITV1, Series 2 review - fear and loathing in the psychiatric unit Tuesday, 06 May 2025 Read more...
Fake, ITV1 review - be careful what you wish for Sunday, 04 May 2025 Read more...	Formula E: Driver, Prime Video review - inside the world's first zero-carbon sport Saturday, 03 May 2025 Read more...
The Accountant 2 review - belated return of Ben Affleck's lethal bean-counter Friday, 25 April 2025 Read more...	Flintoff, Disney+ review - tumultuous life and times of the great all-rounder Thursday, 24 April 2025 Read more...
Neil Young: Coastal review - the old campaigner gets back on the trail Saturday, 19 April 2025 Read more...	Your Friends & Neighbors, Apple TV+ review - in every dream home a heartache Monday, 14 April 2025 Read more...
The Amateur review - revenge of the nerd Friday, 11 April 2025 Read more...	MobLand, Paramount+ review - more guns, goons and gangsters from Guy Ritchie Friday, 04 April 2025 Read more...

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Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

The Gold, Series 2, BBC One review - back on the trail of the Brink's-Mat bandits

Dept. Q, Netflix review - Danish crime thriller finds a new home in Edinburgh

The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone, BBC Two - boom and bust in the lingerie trade

The Phoenician Scheme review - further adventures in the idiosyncratic world of Wes Anderson

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning review - can this really be the end for Ethan Hunt?

The Bombing of Pan Am 103, BBC One review - new dramatisation of the horrific Lockerbie terror attack

theartsdesk Q&A: Zoë Telford on playing a stressed-out psychiatrist in ITV's 'Malpractice'

Malpractice, ITV1, Series 2 review - fear and loathing in the psychiatric unit

Fake, ITV1 review - be careful what you wish for

Formula E: Driver, Prime Video review - inside the world's first zero-carbon sport

The Accountant 2 review - belated return of Ben Affleck's lethal bean-counter

Flintoff, Disney+ review - tumultuous life and times of the great all-rounder

Neil Young: Coastal review - the old campaigner gets back on the trail

Your Friends & Neighbors, Apple TV+ review - in every dream home a heartache

The Amateur review - revenge of the nerd

MobLand, Paramount+ review - more guns, goons and gangsters from Guy Ritchie

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