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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

Defending the Guilty, BBC Two review - trials and tribulations of a trainee barrister

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Love in the Countryside, BBC Two review - reaping a harvest of marital bliss?

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Temple, Sky 1 review - down in the tube station at midnight

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Suicidal: In Our Own Words, Channel 5 review - why are so many men killing themselves?

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Spotlight on The Troubles: A Secret History, BBC Four review - Ulster's bitter sectarian war revisited

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Power, politics and Peaky Blinders - the Shelby family return for Series 5

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I Am Hannah, Channel 4 review - last in trilogy leaves us dangling

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Euphoria, Sky Atlantic review - teenage nervous breakdown

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Animals review - who decides when the party's over?

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The Chef's Brigade, BBC Two review - you're in the army now

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Manifest, Sky 1 review - late arrival causes cosmic upheaval

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Keeping Faith, Series 2, BBC One review - family misfortunes

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I Am Nicola, Channel 4 review - not really love, actually

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Pavarotti review - enjoyable but superficial survey of a superstar

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The Day We Walked on the Moon, ITV review - it was 50 years ago to the day

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Inside the Social Network: Facebook's Difficult Year, BBC Two review - how big can it get?

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