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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

King Lear, BBC Two review - modernised TV adaptation is a mixed blessing

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The Rolling Stones, London Stadium review - only rock'n'roll?

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A Very English Scandal, BBC One review - making a drama out of a crisis

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The Handmaid's Tale, Series 2, Channel 4 review - it's not getting any better for Offred

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Innocent, ITV review - David Collins wants his life back

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Patrick Melrose, Sky Atlantic review - an olympiad of substance abuse

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Anon review - adventures in cyber-noir

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Entebbe review – Seventies hijack drama remains grounded

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Homeland, Series 7 Finale, Channel 4 review - Russian roulette

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Andrew Haigh: 'In the end you have to be able to make the decisions' - interview

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Jeff Beck: Still on the Run, BBC Four review - a legend without portfolio

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Westworld, Series 2, Sky Atlantic review - big trouble in synthetic paradise

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Below the Surface, Series Finale, BBC Four review - tense and twisty to the bitter end

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The City and the City, BBC Two review - detection in four dimensions

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Deep State, Fox review - secrets, lies and spies

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Sweet Country review - hell in the Outback

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