Adam Sweeting | The Arts Desk

mon 01/09/2025

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

Nurse Jackie, BBC Two Monday, 04 January 2010 Read more...	Day of the Triffids, BBC One Tuesday, 29 December 2009 Read more...
The South Bank Show, ITV1 Monday, 28 December 2009 Read more...	Hamlet, BBC Two / Doctor Who, BBC One Saturday, 26 December 2009 Read more...
Television 2000-9: TV in the Age of Uncertainty Thursday, 24 December 2009 Read more...	Nowhere Boy Thursday, 24 December 2009 Read more...
Sherlock Holmes Sunday, 20 December 2009 Read more...	The True Story: The Exorcist, 5 Wednesday, 16 December 2009 Read more...
Out of My Depth, ITV1 Monday, 14 December 2009 Read more...	I Dreamed A Dream: The Susan Boyle Story, ITV1 Monday, 14 December 2009 Read more...
Carmen, Live from La Scala broadcast Tuesday, 08 December 2009 Read more...	Small Island, BBC One Sunday, 06 December 2009 Read more...
Thea Gilmore Rediscovers Christmas Thursday, 03 December 2009 Read more...	Paradox, BBC One Tuesday, 01 December 2009 Read more...
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cadogan Hall Tuesday, 01 December 2009 Read more...	Film: Paranormal Activity Monday, 23 November 2009 Read more...

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