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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

Hacks, Season 3, NOW review - acerbic showbiz comedy keeps up the good work

Wednesday, 19 February 2025 Read more...

Surviving Black Hawk Down, Netflix review - the real story behind Ridley Scott's Oscar-winner

Friday, 14 February 2025 Read more...

Vietnam: The War That Changed America, Apple TV+ review - painful and poignant stories from a terrible conflict

Monday, 03 February 2025 Read more...

Brian and Maggie, Channel 4 review - Thatcherism's date with TV destiny

Thursday, 30 January 2025 Read more...

Flight Risk review - the sky's the limit for Michelle Dockery and Mark Wahlberg

Saturday, 25 January 2025 Read more...

Prime Target, Apple TV+ review - the appliance of science

Thursday, 23 January 2025 Read more...

Out There, ITV1 review - drugs and thugs disfigure the Welsh landscape

Wednesday, 22 January 2025 Read more...

A Complete Unknown review - how does it feel?

Friday, 17 January 2025 Read more...

What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?, BBC Two review - absorbing but troubling search for answers

Wednesday, 15 January 2025 Read more...

American Primeval, Netflix review - nightmare on the Wild Frontier

Monday, 13 January 2025 Read more...

Maria review - Pablo Larraín's haunting portrait of an opera legend

Friday, 10 January 2025 Read more...

A Real Pain review - Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin take a Holocaust tour of Poland

Wednesday, 08 January 2025 Read more...

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Sky Atlantic review - Colin Firth stars in gruelling dramatisation of the 1988 terror attack

Friday, 03 January 2025 Read more...

SAS Rogue Heroes, Series 2, BBC One review - Paddy Mayne's renegade warriors invade Italy

Wednesday, 01 January 2025 Read more...

All Creatures Great and Small, Christmas Special, Channel 5 review - Mrs Hall steps into the spotlight

Tuesday, 24 December 2024 Read more...

Death in Paradise Christmas Special, BBC One review - who killed Santa Claus?

Monday, 23 December 2024 Read more...

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Sir Brian Clarke (1953-2025) - a personal tribute

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Album: The Near Jazz Experience - Tritone

As the name suggests, the Near Jazz Experience owe a huge musical debt to jazz, but that’s not the full story by any means. For a start, the...

Billie Eilish, O2 review - power, authenticity and deep conn...

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