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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 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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Strike Back, Series 6 part 2, Sky 1 review - shoot first, talk later

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Journey's End review - requiem for the poor bloody infantry

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Hits, Hype and Hustle: An Insider's Guide to the Music Business, BBC Four review - how gigs got big

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Britannia, Sky Atlantic review - Druids, sex and sorcery

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The Commuter review - trouble on the main line

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Hard Sun, BBC One review - cops versus the end of the world

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Hostiles review – powerful but preachy Frontier fable

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Albums of the Year 2017: Robert Plant - Carry Fire

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Spiral, Series 6, BBC Four review - grime pays in the City of Light

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Molly's Game review - Jessica Chastain gets her poker face on

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Maigret in Montmartre, ITV review - dirty deeds in clubland

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The Greatest Showman review - the great huckster as song and dance man

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