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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

AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T Rex review - musical doc falls between two stools

Thursday, 14 September 2023 Read more...

Who Is Erin Carter?, Netflix review - secrets and ultra-violence under the Catalan sun

Thursday, 07 September 2023 Read more...

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies, BBC One - deliciously bingeable drama from the Skinner sisters

Wednesday, 30 August 2023 Read more...

Harlan Coben's Shelter, Prime Video review - what the hell is going on in Kasselton, New Jersey?

Tuesday, 22 August 2023 Read more...

Only Murders in the Building, Disney+ review - this comedy crime drama is a class act

Saturday, 19 August 2023 Read more...

Enemy of the People, Channel 4 review - murder and corruption in the age of digital media

Wednesday, 09 August 2023 Read more...

Wolf, BBC One review - a load of old...

Wednesday, 02 August 2023 Read more...

Special Ops: Lioness, Paramount+ review - high-octane female cast conducts war on terror

Wednesday, 26 July 2023 Read more...

Oppenheimer review - epic and enthralling study of 'the father of the atomic bomb'

Thursday, 20 July 2023 Read more...

World on Fire, Series 2, BBC One - return of Peter Bowker's panoramic view of World War Two

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 Read more...

Disturbing Disappearances, More4 review - headstrong 'tec tackles Pied Piper mystery

Saturday, 15 July 2023 Read more...

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, BST Hyde Park review - Saturday in the park with Bruce

Sunday, 09 July 2023 Read more...

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Season 4, Prime Video review - final outing for John Krasinski's CIA hero

Tuesday, 04 July 2023 Read more...

Hijack, Apple TV+ review - trapped at 40,000 feet with a bunch of armed thugs

Thursday, 29 June 2023 Read more...

Spiral of Lies, Channel 4 review - bodies, fibs and bad karma in Biarritz

Tuesday, 27 June 2023 Read more...

Turn of the Tide, Netflix review - cocaine madness comes to the Azores

Saturday, 24 June 2023 Read more...

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

Brian Clarke died on 1 July 2025, after a long illness. He was one of the most original British artists of our time – wide-ranging, ground-...

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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...

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