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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 Last Kingdom, Series 3, Netflix review - idylls of the king

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Overlord review - nightmares in Normandy

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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Netflix review - girl power goes supernatural

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Strangers, Series Finale, ITV review - Eastern promise goes unfulfilled

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John Fogerty / Steve Miller Band, BluesFest 2018 review - keep on chooglin'

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Berlin Station, More 4 review - spooks in Euroland

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LFF 2018: The Favourite review - Queen Anne's bizarre love triangle

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LFF 2018: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs review - Wild West tales, and Redford and Jackman

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Informer, BBC One review - keeping tabs on terror

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LFF 2018: Colette review - zinging with zeitgeisty relevance

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First Man - Neil Armstrong's giant leap

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The Cry, BBC One review - every parent's nightmare

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A Discovery of Witches, episode 2, Sky 1 review - when the sorceress met the vampire

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Never Here review - conceptual art may damage your health

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Strangers, episode 2, ITV review - conspiracy theories multiply

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Killing Eve, BBC One review - the dying game

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