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

Napoleon review - Sir Ridley Scott's historical epic is wide but not deep Wednesday, 22 November 2023 Read more...	Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story, Disney+ review - classic underdog tale of the little team that could Thursday, 16 November 2023 Read more...
Shetland, Series 8, BBC One review - same place but a different programme Thursday, 09 November 2023 Read more...	Robbie Williams, Netflix review - tormented superstar bares his soul Wednesday, 08 November 2023 Read more...
Fellow Travellers, Paramount+ review - four-decade saga of power, politics and gay love Saturday, 28 October 2023 Read more...	Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed review - the closeted life of a Hollywood great Friday, 20 October 2023 Read more...
London Film Festival 2023 - movies in a musical vein Saturday, 14 October 2023 Read more...	Frasier, Paramount+ review - he's back! But should he be? Friday, 13 October 2023 Read more...
Reckoning with the Jimmy Savile legacy - Steve Coogan stars in BBC One's four-part 'factual drama' Monday, 09 October 2023 Read more...	BlackBerry review - the nerds versus The Man Thursday, 05 October 2023 Read more...
The Continental, Prime Video - welcome to the expanding John Wick universe Wednesday, 27 September 2023 Read more...	Expend4bles review - last ride for the over-the-hill gang? Friday, 22 September 2023 Read more...
Top Boy, Season 5, Netflix review - grime and punishment Saturday, 16 September 2023 Read more...	AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T Rex review - musical doc falls between two stools Thursday, 14 September 2023 Read more...
Who Is Erin Carter?, Netflix review - secrets and ultra-violence under the Catalan sun Thursday, 07 September 2023 Read more...	The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies, BBC One - deliciously bingeable drama from the Skinner sisters Wednesday, 30 August 2023 Read more...

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Album: Mocky - Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol. 1)
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Semele, Royal Opera review - unholy smoke
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Sudan, Remember Us review - the revolution will be memorised
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Le nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne review - perceptive humanit...
Over 100 years ago, John Christie envisaged Wagner’s Parsifal with limited forces in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. He would have been...

Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells review - missed opportunit...
The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete Townshend’s...

Fidelio, Garsington Opera review - a battle of sunshine and...
Sometimes, as the first act of Beethoven’s Fidelio closes, the chorus of prisoners discreetly fade away backstage as their brief taste of...

Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

Napoleon review - Sir Ridley Scott's historical epic is wide but not deep

Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story, Disney+ review - classic underdog tale of the little team that could

Shetland, Series 8, BBC One review - same place but a different programme

Robbie Williams, Netflix review - tormented superstar bares his soul

Fellow Travellers, Paramount+ review - four-decade saga of power, politics and gay love

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed review - the closeted life of a Hollywood great

London Film Festival 2023 - movies in a musical vein

Frasier, Paramount+ review - he's back! But should he be?

Reckoning with the Jimmy Savile legacy - Steve Coogan stars in BBC One's four-part 'factual drama'

BlackBerry review - the nerds versus The Man

The Continental, Prime Video - welcome to the expanding John Wick universe

Expend4bles review - last ride for the over-the-hill gang?

Top Boy, Season 5, Netflix review - grime and punishment

AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T Rex review - musical doc falls between two stools

Who Is Erin Carter?, Netflix review - secrets and ultra-violence under the Catalan sun

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies, BBC One - deliciously bingeable drama from the Skinner sisters

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