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

Giri/Haji, BBC Two review - inspired Anglo-Japanese thriller makes compulsive viewing Friday, 18 October 2019 Read more...	Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy, Gold review - illuminating account of TV's struggle to become multicultural Wednesday, 16 October 2019 Read more...
Chaos in the Cockpit: Flights from Hell, Channel 5 review - do we really want to watch plane-wreck TV? Tuesday, 15 October 2019 Read more...	LFF 2019: Le Mans '66 review - Matt Damon, Christian Bale and the Ford Motor Company go to war Saturday, 12 October 2019 Read more...
American Woman review - leading lady Sienna Miller moves up a gear Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...	Doing Drugs for Fun, Channel 5 review - why the cocaine trade is no laughing matter Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...
The Great British Bake Off, Episode 7, Channel 4 review - bakers hampered by pointless celebrities Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...	LFF 2019: The King review - head conquers heart in Shakespeare adaptation Saturday, 05 October 2019 Read more...
The Capture, Episode 5, BBC One review - the man who knew too much Wednesday, 02 October 2019 Read more...	Snackmasters, Channel 4 review - superchefs take the clone-a-KitKat challenge Wednesday, 02 October 2019 Read more...
World on Fire, BBC One review - more melodrama than drama Monday, 30 September 2019 Read more...	My Life is Murder, Alibi review - whimsical tales of detection from Down Under Wednesday, 25 September 2019 Read more...
Saving Lives at Sea, BBC Two review - derring-do on the ocean wave with the RNLI Wednesday, 25 September 2019 Read more...	The $50m Art Swindle, BBC Two review - ramblin' gamblin' man comes home to roost Tuesday, 24 September 2019 Read more...
The Cameron Years, BBC One review - quite interesting but a bit boring Friday, 20 September 2019 Read more...	City on a Hill, Sky Atlantic review - power, corruption and larceny in 1990s Boston Thursday, 19 September 2019 Read more...

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Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

Giri/Haji, BBC Two review - inspired Anglo-Japanese thriller makes compulsive viewing

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy, Gold review - illuminating account of TV's struggle to become multicultural

Chaos in the Cockpit: Flights from Hell, Channel 5 review - do we really want to watch plane-wreck TV?

LFF 2019: Le Mans '66 review - Matt Damon, Christian Bale and the Ford Motor Company go to war

American Woman review - leading lady Sienna Miller moves up a gear

Doing Drugs for Fun, Channel 5 review - why the cocaine trade is no laughing matter

The Great British Bake Off, Episode 7, Channel 4 review - bakers hampered by pointless celebrities

LFF 2019: The King review - head conquers heart in Shakespeare adaptation

The Capture, Episode 5, BBC One review - the man who knew too much

Snackmasters, Channel 4 review - superchefs take the clone-a-KitKat challenge

World on Fire, BBC One review - more melodrama than drama

My Life is Murder, Alibi review - whimsical tales of detection from Down Under

Saving Lives at Sea, BBC Two review - derring-do on the ocean wave with the RNLI

The $50m Art Swindle, BBC Two review - ramblin' gamblin' man comes home to roost

The Cameron Years, BBC One review - quite interesting but a bit boring

City on a Hill, Sky Atlantic review - power, corruption and larceny in 1990s Boston

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