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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

Eric, Netflix review - a fairytale of New York

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theartsdesk Q&A: Matthew Modine on 'Hard Miles', 40 years in showbusiness and safer cycling

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Tokyo Vice, Series 2, BBC iPlayer review - an exciting ride that stretches credibility

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The Beach Boys, Disney+ review - heroes and villains and good vibrations

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theartsdesk Q&A: Eddie Marsan and the American Revolution, posh boys and East End gangsters

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Rebus, BBC One review - revival of Ian Rankin's Scottish 'tec hits the jackpot

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Fawlty Towers: The Play, Apollo Theatre review - lightning strikes twice

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Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire review - dirty deeds done dirt cheap

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Our Mothers review - revisiting the horrors of Guatemala's civil war

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Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, Disney+ review - how the boy from Sayreville, NJ conquered the world

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Red Eye, ITV review - Anglo-Chinese relations tested in junk-food thriller

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Anthracite, Netflix review - murderous mysteries in the French Alps

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Civil War review - God help America

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Scoop, Netflix review - revisiting a Right Royal nightmare

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This Town, BBC One review - lurid melodrama in Eighties Brummieland

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Passenger, ITV review - who are they trying to kid?

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