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

Fearless, Series Finale, ITV review - big build-up to an anticlimax Tuesday, 18 July 2017 Read more...	Game of Thrones, Series 7, Sky Atlantic review – slow, but it's just the beginning Tuesday, 18 July 2017 Read more...
War for the Planet of the Apes review – long on budget, short on ideas Tuesday, 11 July 2017 Read more...	Steve Winwood, Eventim Apollo review - multi-talented performer redesigns his back catalogue Thursday, 06 July 2017 Read more...
Spider-Man: Homecoming review - fresh, funny version of the arachnid avenger Wednesday, 05 July 2017 Read more...	Melvyn Bragg on TV, BBC Two review – too many talking heads, too little action Sunday, 02 July 2017 Read more...
Sudan: The Last of the Rhinos, BBC Two review - requiem for disappearing wildlife Thursday, 29 June 2017 Read more...	Bat Out of Hell, Coliseum review - Jim Steinman's rockin' dystopia hits the stage Wednesday, 21 June 2017 Read more...
Chance, Universal review – Hugh Laurie is reborn as a film-noir shrink Wednesday, 21 June 2017 Read more...	Ripper Street, BBC Two, Series 5 review – apocalypse looms in Victorian Whitechapel Tuesday, 20 June 2017 Read more...
Whitney: Can I Be Me review - tragic account of superstar who fell to earth Wednesday, 14 June 2017 Read more...	Poldark, Series 3, BBC One review - tempestuous passions and pantomime villains ride again Monday, 12 June 2017 Read more...
Summer of Love: How Hippies Changed the World review - the weird and wonderful roots of the Sixties counterculture Saturday, 10 June 2017 Read more...	The Mummy review – please don't let them make a sequel Friday, 09 June 2017 Read more...
Ackley Bridge, Channel 4 review – can the town's new academy bring racial and social harmony? Thursday, 08 June 2017 Read more...	Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution, BBC Two review - how the Fab Four changed pop music forever Sunday, 04 June 2017 Read more...

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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...
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Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

Fearless, Series Finale, ITV review - big build-up to an anticlimax

Game of Thrones, Series 7, Sky Atlantic review – slow, but it's just the beginning

War for the Planet of the Apes review – long on budget, short on ideas

Steve Winwood, Eventim Apollo review - multi-talented performer redesigns his back catalogue

Spider-Man: Homecoming review - fresh, funny version of the arachnid avenger

Melvyn Bragg on TV, BBC Two review – too many talking heads, too little action

Sudan: The Last of the Rhinos, BBC Two review - requiem for disappearing wildlife

Bat Out of Hell, Coliseum review - Jim Steinman's rockin' dystopia hits the stage

Chance, Universal review – Hugh Laurie is reborn as a film-noir shrink

Ripper Street, BBC Two, Series 5 review – apocalypse looms in Victorian Whitechapel

Whitney: Can I Be Me review - tragic account of superstar who fell to earth

Poldark, Series 3, BBC One review - tempestuous passions and pantomime villains ride again

Summer of Love: How Hippies Changed the World review - the weird and wonderful roots of the Sixties counterculture

The Mummy review – please don't let them make a sequel

Ackley Bridge, Channel 4 review – can the town's new academy bring racial and social harmony?

Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution, BBC Two review - how the Fab Four changed pop music forever

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