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 Dig, Netflix review - a haunting exploration of time and timelessness Thursday, 28 January 2021 Read more...	Marcella, Series 3, ITV review - Anna Friel returns as the defective detective Wednesday, 27 January 2021 Read more...
Call My Agent!, Series 4, Netflix review - the final bow for the Parisian showbiz saga? Friday, 22 January 2021 Read more...	Servant, Apple TV+ review - shocks, shivers and black humour in missing-baby saga Tuesday, 19 January 2021 Read more...
Finding Alice, ITV review - thriller, comedy or melodrama? Monday, 18 January 2021 Read more...	Spiral, Series 8, BBC Four review - dark days in the City of Light Sunday, 10 January 2021 Read more...
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie, Sky Documentaries review - the classic motor racing film that never was Wednesday, 06 January 2021 Read more...	The Great, Channel 4 review - Russian history gets a whirl in the fictional blender Monday, 04 January 2021 Read more...
Bridgerton, Netflix review - bodice-ripper cliches recycled in Regency romp Friday, 25 December 2020 Read more...	All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas Special, Channel 5 review - big and little dramas in the Dales Wednesday, 23 December 2020 Read more...
Let Him Go review - melancholy family drama morphs into ferocious thriller Thursday, 17 December 2020 Read more...	Wonder Woman 1984 review - be careful what you wish for Wednesday, 16 December 2020 Read more...
Mosul, Netflix review - gruelling story of Iraq's Nineveh SWAT team Saturday, 12 December 2020 Read more...	Tin Star: Liverpool, Sky Atlantic review - massed mayhem on Merseyside Friday, 11 December 2020 Read more...
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years, ITV review - inside story of the world's longest-running TV soap Tuesday, 08 December 2020 Read more...	Host review - Zoom seance triggers unspeakable consequences Saturday, 05 December 2020 Read more...

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Album: Benedicte Maurseth - Mirra

During the opening seconds of Mirra, an unusual sound leaps out – a grunting. It’s integral to a shifting aural pallete which also...

BBC Proms: Jansen, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mäkelä rev...

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Blu-ray: Finis Terrae

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The Gathered Leaves, Park Theatre review - dated script lift...
The Gathered Leaves is set on the tectonic plates of a middle-class family menu reunion, in which three generations grapple with the...

As You Like It: A Radical Retelling, Edinburgh International...
There is, let’s be honest, a certain self-congratulatory self-satisfaction among some particularly well-heeled sections of the Edinburgh...

Album: Nova Twins - Parasites & Butterflies
For Nova Twins, the alternative rock/metal duo of Amy Love and Georgia South, the years since 2020 have been a non-stop journey of evolution....

Oslo Stories Trilogy: Sex review - sexual identity slips, hu...
Two chimney sweeps sit by a window. The boss (Thorbjørn Harr) recounts a dream meeting with David Bowie, who disconcertingly looks at...

BBC Proms: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mäkelä review - de...
Klaus Mäkelä teased out all the fragility and the sense of impending mortality in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, revealing a vision that was as...

Hostage, Netflix review - entente not-too-cordiale
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Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

The Dig, Netflix review - a haunting exploration of time and timelessness

Marcella, Series 3, ITV review - Anna Friel returns as the defective detective

Call My Agent!, Series 4, Netflix review - the final bow for the Parisian showbiz saga?

Servant, Apple TV+ review - shocks, shivers and black humour in missing-baby saga

Finding Alice, ITV review - thriller, comedy or melodrama?

Spiral, Series 8, BBC Four review - dark days in the City of Light

Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie, Sky Documentaries review - the classic motor racing film that never was

The Great, Channel 4 review - Russian history gets a whirl in the fictional blender

Bridgerton, Netflix review - bodice-ripper cliches recycled in Regency romp

All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas Special, Channel 5 review - big and little dramas in the Dales

Let Him Go review - melancholy family drama morphs into ferocious thriller

Wonder Woman 1984 review - be careful what you wish for

Mosul, Netflix review - gruelling story of Iraq's Nineveh SWAT team

Tin Star: Liverpool, Sky Atlantic review - massed mayhem on Merseyside

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years, ITV review - inside story of the world's longest-running TV soap

Host review - Zoom seance triggers unspeakable consequences

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