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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 Clapton: A Life in 12 Bars, BBC Two review - blues, booze and dues

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Adrift review - lost at sea

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Sicario: Day of the Soldado review - violent, explosive and nihilistic thriller

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Reporting Trump's First Year: the Fourth Estate, BBC Two review - all hands on deck at the Gray Lady

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Ocean's 8 review – half-cocked caper

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Hidden, BBC Four review - a death in Snowdonia

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom review - dinosaurs in peril

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Our Girl, Series 4, BBC One review - 2 Section versus Boko Haram

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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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