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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

Vigil, BBC One review - murder most watery

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The White Lotus, Sky Atlantic review - dark side of a tropical paradise

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Britannia, Series 3, Sky Atlantic review - murder, mysticism and anaemic slapstick

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The Beach Boys: Feel Flows - the Sunflower and Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971

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Hit & Run, Netflix review - Lior Raz excels as a hard man on a hazardous mission

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Reminiscence review - looks great but doesn't deliver

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Deceit, Channel 4 review - how Colin Stagg became prime suspect in the Rachel Nickell case

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theartsdesk Q&A: writer and comedian Tom Davis

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Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson, Apple TV+ review - riveting survey of the technology that transformed music

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I Am Victoria, Channel 4 review - improvised drama in need of more substance

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Professor T, ITV review - whimsical tales of boffinly detection

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Old review - time flies in tropical island mystery

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Baptiste, Series 2, BBC One review - powerful comeback for the sorrowful French detective

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Lie With Me, Channel 5 review - abuse and betrayal in the Melbourne suburbs

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Carlos Ghosn: The Last Flight - Storyville, BBC Four review - the tycoon who fell to earth

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Sex/Life, Netflix review - Mills & Boon for the YouPorn era?

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