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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

Euphoria, Sky Atlantic review - teenage nervous breakdown

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Animals review - who decides when the party's over?

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The Chef's Brigade, BBC Two review - you're in the army now

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Manifest, Sky 1 review - late arrival causes cosmic upheaval

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Keeping Faith, Series 2, BBC One review - family misfortunes

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I Am Nicola, Channel 4 review - not really love, actually

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Pavarotti review - enjoyable but superficial survey of a superstar

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The Day We Walked on the Moon, ITV review - it was 50 years ago to the day

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Inside the Social Network: Facebook's Difficult Year, BBC Two review - how big can it get?

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Charles I: Downfall of a King, BBC Four review - beheaded monarch upstaged by exotic presenter

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Cyclists: Scourge of the Streets?, Channel 5 review - can we make the roads a safer place?

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Dark Money, BBC One review - powerful idea poorly executed

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Inside the Bank of England, BBC Two review - economical with the actualité

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Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure, ITV review - national treasure meets natural wonders

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Yesterday review - Beatlemania in a parallel universe

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The Planets, Series Finale, BBC Two review - ice cold on Neptune

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