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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

LFF 2016: Their Finest / Brimstone

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The Missing, Series 2, BBC One

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LFF 2016: Snowden / The Birth of a Nation / Arrival

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LFF 2016: A Monster Calls / A United Kingdom

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Blood Father

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Westworld, Sky Atlantic

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The Girl on the Train

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The Fall, Series 3, BBC Two

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Free State of Jones

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The Magnificent Seven

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National Treasure, Channel 4

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The Girl with All the Gifts

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The Night Of, Sky Atlantic

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Hell or High Water

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Nerve

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The Living and the Dead, Series Finale, BBC One

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