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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

The Talk, Channel 4 review - coping with the legacy of racism

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Unhinged review - road-rage Russ goes gonzo

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Prodigal Son, Sky 1 review - meet Michael Sheen, psycho killer

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Our Baby: A Modern Miracle, Channel 4 review - trailblazing couple's amazing journey

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Laurel Canyon, Sky Documentaries review - musical bliss in lotus land

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Piranhas review - riding with the teenage gangs of Naples

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The Real Eastenders, Channel 4 review - timewarp on the Thames

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The Plot Against America, Sky Atlantic review - fascism comes to 1940s USA

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The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, BBC Two review - how the Aussie tycoon acquired huge political leverage

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Litigante review - an unflashy film which rings true

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Mrs America, BBC Two review - how a conservative revolutionary scuppered the Equal Rights Amendment

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The Choir: Singing for Britain Finale, BBC Two review - stirring songs from a garden shed

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The Battle of Britain, Channel 5 review - 80th anniversary of the RAF's finest hour

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The Kemps: All True, BBC Two review - more self-promotion than self-mockery

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Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Sky Atlantic review - the good, the bad and the unspeakable

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Das Boot, Series 2 Finale, Sky Atlantic review - deeper and darker

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