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 Dambusters, Channel 5 review - yet another telling of the Bouncing Bomb story Friday, 04 December 2020 Read more...	County Lines review - a scary descent into drug-dealer purgatory Thursday, 03 December 2020 Read more...
The Undoing, Series Finale, Sky Atlantic review - bluff and double-bluff as the truth is revealed Tuesday, 01 December 2020 Read more...	Small Axe: Red, White and Blue, BBC One review - sobering real-life story of police officer Leroy Logan Monday, 30 November 2020 Read more...
Possessor review - death by virtual reality Thursday, 26 November 2020 Read more...	The Good Lord Bird, Sky Atlantic review - picaresque account of the myth of John Brown Thursday, 19 November 2020 Read more...
Offended by Irvine Welsh, Sky Arts review - are we seeing the end of free speech? Wednesday, 18 November 2020 Read more...	The Crown, Season 4, Netflix review - royalty rocked by personal and political turbulence Sunday, 15 November 2020 Read more...
theartsdesk Q&A: screenwriter Jed Mercurio Monday, 09 November 2020 Read more...	The Queen's Gambit, Netflix review - chess prodigy's story makes brilliant television Friday, 06 November 2020 Read more...
The Sister, ITV review - half-baked dramatisation of esteemed novel Thursday, 29 October 2020 Read more...	The Undoing, Sky Atlantic review - trouble in paradise for gilded Manhattan couple Tuesday, 27 October 2020 Read more...
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You, Apple TV+ review - his new album is a matter of life and death Tuesday, 20 October 2020 Read more...	Roadkill, BBC One review - David Hare pokes under the floorboards of the Conservative party Monday, 19 October 2020 Read more...
LFF 2020: Never Gonna Snow Again review - mystic masseur with God-like gifts Saturday, 17 October 2020 Read more...	Emily in Paris, Netflix review - addictive escapism in the City of Light Wednesday, 14 October 2020 Read more...

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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
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Oslo Stories Trilogy: Sex review - sexual identity slips, hu...
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BBC Proms: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mäkelä review - de...
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Hostage, Netflix review - entente not-too-cordiale
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Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

The Dambusters, Channel 5 review - yet another telling of the Bouncing Bomb story

County Lines review - a scary descent into drug-dealer purgatory

The Undoing, Series Finale, Sky Atlantic review - bluff and double-bluff as the truth is revealed

Small Axe: Red, White and Blue, BBC One review - sobering real-life story of police officer Leroy Logan

Possessor review - death by virtual reality

The Good Lord Bird, Sky Atlantic review - picaresque account of the myth of John Brown

Offended by Irvine Welsh, Sky Arts review - are we seeing the end of free speech?

The Crown, Season 4, Netflix review - royalty rocked by personal and political turbulence

theartsdesk Q&A: screenwriter Jed Mercurio

The Queen's Gambit, Netflix review - chess prodigy's story makes brilliant television

The Sister, ITV review - half-baked dramatisation of esteemed novel

The Undoing, Sky Atlantic review - trouble in paradise for gilded Manhattan couple

Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You, Apple TV+ review - his new album is a matter of life and death

Roadkill, BBC One review - David Hare pokes under the floorboards of the Conservative party

LFF 2020: Never Gonna Snow Again review - mystic masseur with God-like gifts

Emily in Paris, Netflix review - addictive escapism in the City of Light

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