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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

63 Up, ITV review - age is beginning to wither them

Wednesday, 05 June 2019 Read more...

Her Majesty's Cavalry, ITV review - my kingdom for a horse

Wednesday, 05 June 2019 Read more...

Sundance London 2019 review - psychotic maniacs and old-fashioned weepies

Sunday, 02 June 2019 Read more...

Thunder Road review - potent and poignant debut feature

Thursday, 30 May 2019 Read more...

Chernobyl, Episode 4, Sky Atlantic review - life in the death zone

Tuesday, 28 May 2019 Read more...

The Planets, BBC Two review - boy-band boffin rides again

Tuesday, 28 May 2019 Read more...

Summer of Rockets, BBC Two review - pride and prejudice in 1950s Britain

Wednesday, 22 May 2019 Read more...

Alastair Campbell: Depression and Me, BBC Two review - is there an alternative to a life on anti-depressants?

Wednesday, 22 May 2019 Read more...

Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport, ITV review - 80 million passengers but not much action

Wednesday, 22 May 2019 Read more...

Gentleman Jack, BBC One review - the revolutionary life of Anne Lister

Monday, 20 May 2019 Read more...

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum review - mayhem in Manhattan

Friday, 17 May 2019 Read more...

Years and Years, BBC One review - ambitious but amorphous

Wednesday, 15 May 2019 Read more...

Bear's Mission with David Walliams, ITV review - celebs go wild in the country

Wednesday, 15 May 2019 Read more...

Deep State, Series 2, Fox review - covert conspiracies in Africa

Friday, 10 May 2019 Read more...

Chernobyl, Sky Atlantic review - a glimpse of Armageddon

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 Read more...

Arctic review - The Martian on ice

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 Read more...

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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...