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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

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, Apple TV+ review - sprawling account of the singer's rise to superstardom

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Bloodlands, BBC One review - ghosts of the Troubles return to poison the present

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Whirlybird: Live Above LA - Storyville, BBC Four review - rise and fall of the first couple of airborne TV news

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ZeroZeroZero, Sky Atlantic review - how drug money makes the world go round

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The Drowning, Channel 5 review - unbelievable

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Spiral, Series 8 Finale, BBC Four review - justice is done in stormy climactic episodes

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Assassins review - unravelling the bizarre death of Kim Jong-nam

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The Dig, Netflix review - a haunting exploration of time and timelessness

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Marcella, Series 3, ITV review - Anna Friel returns as the defective detective

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Call My Agent!, Series 4, Netflix review - the final bow for the Parisian showbiz saga?

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Servant, Apple TV+ review - shocks, shivers and black humour in missing-baby saga

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Finding Alice, ITV review - thriller, comedy or melodrama?

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Spiral, Series 8, BBC Four review - dark days in the City of Light

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Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie, Sky Documentaries review - the classic motor racing film that never was

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The Great, Channel 4 review - Russian history gets a whirl in the fictional blender

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Bridgerton, Netflix review - bodice-ripper cliches recycled in Regency romp

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Sir Brian Clarke (1953-2025) - a personal tribute

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