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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

The Gold, Series 2, BBC One review - back on the trail of the Brink's-Mat bandits

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Dept. Q, Netflix review - Danish crime thriller finds a new home in Edinburgh

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The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone, BBC Two - boom and bust in the lingerie trade

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The Phoenician Scheme review - further adventures in the idiosyncratic world of Wes Anderson

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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning review - can this really be the end for Ethan Hunt?

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The Bombing of Pan Am 103, BBC One review - new dramatisation of the horrific Lockerbie terror attack

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theartsdesk Q&A: Zoë Telford on playing a stressed-out psychiatrist in ITV's 'Malpractice'

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Malpractice, ITV1, Series 2 review - fear and loathing in the psychiatric unit

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Fake, ITV1 review - be careful what you wish for

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Formula E: Driver, Prime Video review - inside the world's first zero-carbon sport

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The Accountant 2 review - belated return of Ben Affleck's lethal bean-counter

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Flintoff, Disney+ review - tumultuous life and times of the great all-rounder

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Neil Young: Coastal review - the old campaigner gets back on the trail

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Your Friends & Neighbors, Apple TV+ review - in every dream home a heartache

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The Amateur review - revenge of the nerd

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MobLand, Paramount+ review - more guns, goons and gangsters from Guy Ritchie

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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bridge Theatre review - Nick...

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This thrilling production of Saul takes Handel’s dramatisation of the Bible’s first Book of Samuel and paints it in...

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Album: Marina - Princess of Power

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