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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

theartsdesk Q&A: screenwriter Jed Mercurio

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The Queen's Gambit, Netflix review - chess prodigy's story makes brilliant television

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The Sister, ITV review - half-baked dramatisation of esteemed novel

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The Undoing, Sky Atlantic review - trouble in paradise for gilded Manhattan couple

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Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You, Apple TV+ review - his new album is a matter of life and death

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Roadkill, BBC One review - David Hare pokes under the floorboards of the Conservative party

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LFF 2020: Never Gonna Snow Again review - mystic masseur with God-like gifts

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Emily in Paris, Netflix review - addictive escapism in the City of Light

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Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson, BBC Two review - ambitious history of the slave trade falls short

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LFF 2020: One Night in Miami review - Kemp Powers's play makes the leap to the big screen

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Brave New World, Sky 1 review - Aldous Huxley's novel doesn't look very happy on TV

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Away, Netflix review - pioneering voyage to Mars descends into astrosoap

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Sheridan Smith: Becoming Mum, ITV review - will motherhood be the gateway to a new life?

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All Creatures Great and Small, Channel 5 review - revival of vintage vet show is full of Yorkshire promise

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Our World: Colombia - Saving Eden, BBC Two review - the war is over, but can they save the rainforests?

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The Truth about Cosmetic Treatments, BBC One review - pain, but not much gain?

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