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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

Charles I: Downfall of a King, BBC Four review - beheaded monarch upstaged by exotic presenter

Wednesday, 10 July 2019 Read more...

Cyclists: Scourge of the Streets?, Channel 5 review - can we make the roads a safer place?

Wednesday, 10 July 2019 Read more...

Dark Money, BBC One review - powerful idea poorly executed

Tuesday, 09 July 2019 Read more...

Inside the Bank of England, BBC Two review - economical with the actualité

Wednesday, 03 July 2019 Read more...

Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure, ITV review - national treasure meets natural wonders

Wednesday, 03 July 2019 Read more...

Yesterday review - Beatlemania in a parallel universe

Thursday, 27 June 2019 Read more...

The Planets, Series Finale, BBC Two review - ice cold on Neptune

Wednesday, 26 June 2019 Read more...

Drag SOS, Channel 4 review - absolutely fabulous

Wednesday, 26 June 2019 Read more...

Beecham House, ITV review - a cartoon version of 18th century India

Monday, 24 June 2019 Read more...

Years and Years, Series Finale, BBC One review - soggy ending fails to inspire

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 Read more...

Ackley Bridge, Series 3, Channel 4 review - we gotta get out of this place

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 Read more...

Sometimes Always Never review - small but perfectly crafted

Thursday, 13 June 2019 Read more...

What's My Name: Muhammad Ali, Sky Atlantic review - why they called him The Greatest

Wednesday, 12 June 2019 Read more...

Years and Years, Episode 5, BBC One review - darker and darker

Wednesday, 12 June 2019 Read more...

Big Little Lies, Series 2, Sky Atlantic review - supercharged start for new season

Tuesday, 11 June 2019 Read more...

Gloria Bell review - dancing away the heartache

Thursday, 06 June 2019 Read more...

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

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How often is an orchestral concert perfect in every texture, every instrumental entry, every phrase? Wednesday's Phiharmonia Prom struck sound-...

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British audiences of a certain age will note Finis Terrae’s similarity to Finisterre, one of the 31 sea areas listed in the BBC’s ...

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...