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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

LFF 2019: Le Mans '66 review - Matt Damon, Christian Bale and the Ford Motor Company go to war

Saturday, 12 October 2019 Read more...

American Woman review - leading lady Sienna Miller moves up a gear

Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...

Doing Drugs for Fun, Channel 5 review - why the cocaine trade is no laughing matter

Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...

The Great British Bake Off, Episode 7, Channel 4 review - bakers hampered by pointless celebrities

Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...

LFF 2019: The King review - head conquers heart in Shakespeare adaptation

Saturday, 05 October 2019 Read more...

The Capture, Episode 5, BBC One review - the man who knew too much

Wednesday, 02 October 2019 Read more...

Snackmasters, Channel 4 review - superchefs take the clone-a-KitKat challenge

Wednesday, 02 October 2019 Read more...

World on Fire, BBC One review - more melodrama than drama

Monday, 30 September 2019 Read more...

My Life is Murder, Alibi review - whimsical tales of detection from Down Under

Wednesday, 25 September 2019 Read more...

Saving Lives at Sea, BBC Two review - derring-do on the ocean wave with the RNLI

Wednesday, 25 September 2019 Read more...

The $50m Art Swindle, BBC Two review - ramblin' gamblin' man comes home to roost

Tuesday, 24 September 2019 Read more...

The Cameron Years, BBC One review - quite interesting but a bit boring

Friday, 20 September 2019 Read more...

City on a Hill, Sky Atlantic review - power, corruption and larceny in 1990s Boston

Thursday, 19 September 2019 Read more...

Defending the Guilty, BBC Two review - trials and tribulations of a trainee barrister

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 Read more...

Love in the Countryside, BBC Two review - reaping a harvest of marital bliss?

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 Read more...

Temple, Sky 1 review - down in the tube station at midnight

Saturday, 14 September 2019 Read more...

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Alexandre Dumas’ novel has been filmed an immeasurable number of times (there was a new French version only last year) and...

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Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Lost Lear / Consumed

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Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Alison Spittle / Christopher...

Alison Spittle, Monkey Barrel ★★★

Alison Spittle is fat, she tells us at the top of the show. But not as...

Blu-ray: Two Way Stretch / Heavens Above

The years between 1955’s The Ladykillers and 1964’s Dr Strangelove were the years of what Sanjeev Bhaskar recently described as...

Make It Happen, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review...

You could distinctly hear the murmurs of recognition from the Edinburgh audience – responding to knowing mentions of the city’s Leith and...