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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 Good Fight, Series 2, More4 review - the longer they do it, the better it gets

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The Durrells, Series 3, ITV review - a winter warmer from Corfu

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Annihilation, Netflix review - not quite a sci-fi masterpiece

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Below the Surface, BBC Four review - terror in Copenhagen

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You Were Never Really Here review - a wild ride to the dark side

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Red Sparrow review - from Russia with lust

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Save Me, Sky Atlantic review - it's grim down south

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The Light of the Moon, Amazon Prime review - coping with the unthinkable

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Marcella, Series 2, ITV review - more twisted tales of detection

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Tony Banks: ‘You either do it by diplomacy or you do it by violence’ - interview

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Troy: Fall of a City, BBC One review - soapification of the Trojan War

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Collateral, BBC Two review - a lecture or a drama?

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The Shape of Water review - love in a Cold War climate

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All or Nothing: The Mod Musical, Arts Theatre - plenty of room for ravers

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Spiral, Series 6 Finale, BBC Four review - hot fuzz hit new heights

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Gomorrah, Series 3, Sky Atlantic review - there will be blood

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