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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

Bridgerton, Season 2, Netflix review - power politics and love triangles as Regency fantasy returns

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The Last Kingdom, Season 5, Netflix review - Danes-and-Saxons saga hurtles towards an epic climax

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Hive review - how a group of Kosovan widows rebuilt their lives

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Drive to Survive, Season 4, Netflix review - bitter rivalries on and off the track

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Shane, Amazon Prime review - the outsized life and times of cricket's King of Spin

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The Ipcress File, ITV review – adaptation of Len Deighton thriller fires on all cylinders

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Peaky Blinders, Series 6 review, BBC One - have we reached peak Peakies?

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Chloe, BBC One review - good start, weak finish

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Inventing Anna, Netflix review - fake heiress saga outstays its welcome

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Here Before review - family values under supernatural pressure

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The Real Charlie Chaplin review - not as revealing as its title suggests

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Pam & Tommy, Disney+ review - the infamous sex tape that went global

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The Teacher, Channel 5 review - inappropriate behaviour in the school environment

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Belfast review - coming of age amid the terror of the Troubles

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The Responder, BBC One review - the loneliness of the long-distance copper

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Long Promised Road review - another attempt to probe the fragile genius of Brian Wilson

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