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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

Shetland, BBC One

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10 Questions for Musician John Fullbright

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Side Effects

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Broadchurch, ITV

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Ben Affleck: from Bennifer to Renaissance Man

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Lightfields, ITV

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10 Questions for Actor Michael Emerson

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Ripper Street, Series Finale, BBC One

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Arbitrage

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Utopia, Series Finale, Channel 4

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DVD: Rust and Bone

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Complicit, Channel 4

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Vegas, Sky Atlantic

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Lewis, The Final Episode, ITV

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When Albums Ruled the World, BBC Four

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Borgen, Series 2 Finale, BBC Four

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