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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

Collateral, BBC Two review - a lecture or a drama?

Thursday, 15 February 2018 Read more...

The Shape of Water review - love in a Cold War climate

Wednesday, 14 February 2018 Read more...

All or Nothing: The Mod Musical, Arts Theatre - plenty of room for ravers

Friday, 09 February 2018 Read more...

Spiral, Series 6 Finale, BBC Four review - hot fuzz hit new heights

Sunday, 04 February 2018 Read more...

Gomorrah, Series 3, Sky Atlantic review - there will be blood

Friday, 02 February 2018 Read more...

Strike Back, Series 6 part 2, Sky 1 review - shoot first, talk later

Thursday, 01 February 2018 Read more...

Journey's End review - requiem for the poor bloody infantry

Tuesday, 30 January 2018 Read more...

Hits, Hype and Hustle: An Insider's Guide to the Music Business, BBC Four review - how gigs got big

Saturday, 27 January 2018 Read more...

Britannia, Sky Atlantic review - Druids, sex and sorcery

Friday, 19 January 2018 Read more...

The Commuter review - trouble on the main line

Wednesday, 17 January 2018 Read more...

Hard Sun, BBC One review - cops versus the end of the world

Sunday, 07 January 2018 Read more...

Hostiles review – powerful but preachy Frontier fable

Friday, 05 January 2018 Read more...

Albums of the Year 2017: Robert Plant - Carry Fire

Sunday, 31 December 2017 Read more...

Spiral, Series 6, BBC Four review - grime pays in the City of Light

Sunday, 31 December 2017 Read more...

Molly's Game review - Jessica Chastain gets her poker face on

Tuesday, 26 December 2017 Read more...

Maigret in Montmartre, ITV review - dirty deeds in clubland

Sunday, 24 December 2017 Read more...

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In this strangely dreary recreation of 11th century history, it’s not just grim oop north, it’s grim everywhere. King & Conqueror...

Juniper Blood, Donmar Warehouse review - where ideas and ide...

Playwright Mike Bartlett is, like many writers, a chronicler of both contemporary manners and of the state of the nation. In his latest domestic...

Album: The Hives - The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives

The Hives must be one of the most self-assured bands around – but not without good reason. Ever exuberant, all their tunes are short and sweet,...

BBC Proms: Faust, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Nelsons revie...

Does the orchestra that sways together play together? Quite apart from their (reliably gorgeous) sound, the tight-packed strings of the...

Elizabeth Alker: Everything We Do is Music review - Prokofie...

Composers and musicians explore acoustic...

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...

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

Blu-ray: Finis Terrae

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...