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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

Danny Boy, BBC Two review - when law and war collide

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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Déjà Vu 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

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Line of Duty, Series 6 Finale, BBC One review - crafty ending leaves wriggle room for a sequel

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Intergalactic, Sky One review - lovely CGI, shame about the drama

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Viewpoint, ITV review - the perils of the peeping tom police

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Line of Duty, Series 6, Episode 6, BBC One review - the pace accelerates for AC-12's final countdown

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Mare of Easttown, Sky Atlantic review - Kate Winslet shines in finely-drawn Pennsylvania mystery

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Promising Young Woman, Sky Cinema review - Emerald Fennell's brilliant directorial debut

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Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty, BBC Two review - when crime paid handsomely for corrupt officers

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Too Close, ITV review - capable cast struggles with unrewarding material

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Sound of Metal review - hidden depths behind the decibels

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Intruder, Channel 5 review - implausible but watchable

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Queen Elizabeth and the Spy in the Palace, Channel 4 review - how the Fourth Man burrowed deep into the British Establishment

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Keeping Faith, Series 3, BBC One review - is the drama turning to melodrama?

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Line of Duty, Series 6, BBC One review - fasten your seatbelts, it's back

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Drive to Survive, Season 3, Netflix review - the agony and the ecstasy of the 2020 F1 campaign

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