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

Special Ops: Lioness, Paramount+ review - high-octane female cast conducts war on terror Wednesday, 26 July 2023 Read more...	Oppenheimer review - epic and enthralling study of 'the father of the atomic bomb' Thursday, 20 July 2023 Read more...
World on Fire, Series 2, BBC One - return of Peter Bowker's panoramic view of World War Two Tuesday, 18 July 2023 Read more...	Disturbing Disappearances, More4 review - headstrong 'tec tackles Pied Piper mystery Saturday, 15 July 2023 Read more...
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, BST Hyde Park review - Saturday in the park with Bruce Sunday, 09 July 2023 Read more...	Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Season 4, Prime Video review - final outing for John Krasinski's CIA hero Tuesday, 04 July 2023 Read more...
Hijack, Apple TV+ review - trapped at 40,000 feet with a bunch of armed thugs Thursday, 29 June 2023 Read more...	Spiral of Lies, Channel 4 review - bodies, fibs and bad karma in Biarritz Tuesday, 27 June 2023 Read more...
Turn of the Tide, Netflix review - cocaine madness comes to the Azores Saturday, 24 June 2023 Read more...	No Hard Feelings review - nothing about this queasy comedy feels quite right Thursday, 22 June 2023 Read more...
Best Interests, BBC One review - a family feels the unbearable strain of terminal illness Tuesday, 13 June 2023 Read more...	Chevalier review - a less than extraordinary film about an extraordinary man Friday, 09 June 2023 Read more...
Hypnotic review - a riotously enjoyable thriller Sunday, 28 May 2023 Read more...	Inland review - a cracked mosaic of memories, impressions and lurking anxiety Wednesday, 24 May 2023 Read more...
Ten Pound Poms, BBC One review - a new life in the Great Southern Land Monday, 15 May 2023 Read more...	A different angle on the Anne Frank story in 'A Small Light' Wednesday, 03 May 2023 Read more...

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Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

Special Ops: Lioness, Paramount+ review - high-octane female cast conducts war on terror

Oppenheimer review - epic and enthralling study of 'the father of the atomic bomb'

World on Fire, Series 2, BBC One - return of Peter Bowker's panoramic view of World War Two

Disturbing Disappearances, More4 review - headstrong 'tec tackles Pied Piper mystery

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, BST Hyde Park review - Saturday in the park with Bruce

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Season 4, Prime Video review - final outing for John Krasinski's CIA hero

Hijack, Apple TV+ review - trapped at 40,000 feet with a bunch of armed thugs

Spiral of Lies, Channel 4 review - bodies, fibs and bad karma in Biarritz

Turn of the Tide, Netflix review - cocaine madness comes to the Azores

No Hard Feelings review - nothing about this queasy comedy feels quite right

Best Interests, BBC One review - a family feels the unbearable strain of terminal illness

Chevalier review - a less than extraordinary film about an extraordinary man

Hypnotic review - a riotously enjoyable thriller

Inland review - a cracked mosaic of memories, impressions and lurking anxiety

Ten Pound Poms, BBC One review - a new life in the Great Southern Land

A different angle on the Anne Frank story in 'A Small Light'

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