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

Ten Pound Poms, BBC One review - a new life in the Great Southern Land Monday, 15 May 2023 Read more...	A different angle on the Anne Frank story in 'A Small Light' Wednesday, 03 May 2023 Read more...
Fatal Attraction, Paramount+ review - Adrian Lyne's bunny-boiler blockbuster expanded onwards and outwards Tuesday, 02 May 2023 Read more...	Citadel, Prime Video review - did Amazon really pay $300m for this? Sunday, 30 April 2023 Read more...
The Diplomat, Netflix review - can London's new American ambassador prevent World War Three? Saturday, 29 April 2023 Read more...	Malpractice, ITV1 review - she got into a mess on the NHS Monday, 24 April 2023 Read more...
How To Blow Up a Pipeline review - can eco-terrorism be justified? Friday, 21 April 2023 Read more...	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, ITV1 review - Agatha Christie gets a tense and twisty reworking by Hugh Laurie Monday, 10 April 2023 Read more...
Magpie Murders, BBC One review - zinging TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's bestseller Saturday, 08 April 2023 Read more...	Rabbit Hole, Paramount+ review - sabotage, subterfuge and corporate skulduggery Monday, 03 April 2023 Read more...
Villeneuve Pironi: Racing's Untold Tragedy, Sky Documentaries review - a macabre slice of motor racing mythology Saturday, 01 April 2023 Read more...	John Wick: Chapter 4 review - is this the El Cid of shoot-'em-up movies? Saturday, 25 March 2023 Read more...
Infinity Pool review - it's like The White Lotus on bad acid Friday, 24 March 2023 Read more...	Play Dead review - chills, thrills and stolen body parts Thursday, 16 March 2023 Read more...
Endeavour: The Final Episode, ITV1 review - the final bow for Oxford's finest Wednesday, 15 March 2023 Read more...	MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, Netflix review - a field day for conspiracy theorists Friday, 10 March 2023 Read more...

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Album: Faithless - Champion Sound

Although they haven’t had a hit single in almost 20 years, Faithless remain a potent commercial force, continuing to rack up festival headline...

The Guest, BBC One review - be careful what you wish for

Why isn’t Eve Myles a superstar? Though well known for her appearances in the likes of Torchwood, Broadchurch and the brilliant...

Born with Teeth, Wyndham's Theatre review - electric sp...

The title refers to a line in Henry VI, Part III: the future Richard III boasts that midwives cried, "Oh Jesus bless us, he is born with...

Album: Saint Etienne - International

International is Saint Etienne’s 13th album. It is their last. According to the promotional material, it was written while recording...

BBC Proms: Barruk, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Kuusisto rev...

Every year, the Royal Albert Hall proves complicit in the magic of the quietest utterances if, as Barenboim put it, you let the audience come to...

Blu-ray: The Graduate

Can a film’s classic status expire, or be rescinded? If it can, I’d say The Graduate is a potential candidate.

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BBC Proms: Alexander’s Feast, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Whela...

Many Londoners would already have experienced the musicality incarnate of Peter Whelan and his Irish Baroque Orchestra. A smaller ensemble rocked...

Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

Ten Pound Poms, BBC One review - a new life in the Great Southern Land

A different angle on the Anne Frank story in 'A Small Light'

Fatal Attraction, Paramount+ review - Adrian Lyne's bunny-boiler blockbuster expanded onwards and outwards

Citadel, Prime Video review - did Amazon really pay $300m for this?

The Diplomat, Netflix review - can London's new American ambassador prevent World War Three?

Malpractice, ITV1 review - she got into a mess on the NHS

How To Blow Up a Pipeline review - can eco-terrorism be justified?

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, ITV1 review - Agatha Christie gets a tense and twisty reworking by Hugh Laurie

Magpie Murders, BBC One review - zinging TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's bestseller

Rabbit Hole, Paramount+ review - sabotage, subterfuge and corporate skulduggery

Villeneuve Pironi: Racing's Untold Tragedy, Sky Documentaries review - a macabre slice of motor racing mythology

John Wick: Chapter 4 review - is this the El Cid of shoot-'em-up movies?

Infinity Pool review - it's like The White Lotus on bad acid

Play Dead review - chills, thrills and stolen body parts

Endeavour: The Final Episode, ITV1 review - the final bow for Oxford's finest

MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, Netflix review - a field day for conspiracy theorists

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