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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

Tom Waits's poem for the homeless

Tuesday, 18 January 2011 Read more...

Gordon Ramsay: Shark Bait/ Dispatches: Fish Unwrapped, Channel 4

Monday, 17 January 2011 Read more...

Sky Atlantic seeks TV's higher ground

Friday, 14 January 2011 Read more...

Kidnap and Ransom, ITV1

Friday, 14 January 2011 Read more...

No Ordinary Family, UKTV Watch

Wednesday, 12 January 2011 Read more...

Conviction

Tuesday, 11 January 2011 Read more...

The Good Wife, More4

Friday, 07 January 2011 Read more...

Zen, BBC One

Sunday, 02 January 2011 Read more...

Year Out/Year In: Television on Demand

Wednesday, 29 December 2010 Read more...

Upstairs Downstairs, BBC One

Monday, 27 December 2010 Read more...

theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Bruce Springsteen

Saturday, 18 December 2010 Read more...

Film: Catfish

Thursday, 16 December 2010 Read more...

Macbeth, BBC Four

Monday, 13 December 2010 Read more...

The Walking Dead: Series Finale, FX

Saturday, 11 December 2010 Read more...

My Father, the Bomb and Me, BBC Four

Friday, 10 December 2010 Read more...

Lemmy

Wednesday, 01 December 2010 Read more...

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