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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

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

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3 Body Problem, Netflix review - life, the universe and everything (and a bit more)

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The Delinquents review - escape to the country, Buenos Aires style

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Manhunt, Apple TV+ review - all the President's men

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The New Boy review - a mystical take on Australia's treatment of its First Peoples

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The Gentlemen, Netflix review - Guy Ritchie's further adventures in Geezerworld

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Prisoner, BBC Four review - jailhouse rocked by drugs, violence and racism

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Drive to Survive, Season 6, Netflix review - F1 documentary overtaken by events

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The Way, BBC One review - steeltown blues

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Kin, Series 2, BBC One review - when crime dynasties collide

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Bob Marley: One Love review - sanitised official version of the Jamaican icon's story

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Griselda, Netflix review - Sofía Vergara excels as the Godmother of cocaine trafficking

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Argylle review - Matthew Vaughn's secret agent fantasy dares you to deny it

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Masters of the Air, Apple TV+ review - painful and poignant account of the Eighth Air Force's bombing campaign

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True Detective: Night Country, Sky Atlantic review - death in a cold climate

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Criminal Record, Apple TV+ review - law and disorder in Hackney

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