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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

Baghdad Central, Channel 4 review - thriller set in the aftermath of the Iraq war

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Belsen: Our Story, BBC Two review - inside the unfathomable horror of the Holocaust

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Young, Sikh and Proud, BBC One review - siblings divided by their attitudes to faith

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The Grudge review - non-stop shocks wear out their welcome

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Crazy Delicious, Channel 4 review - the most ridiculous cooking programme on TV ?

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Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting, BBC Two review - is it too late to get population growth under control?

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The Outsider, Sky Atlantic review - double trouble in small-town Georgia

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Cobra, Sky 1 review - entertaining mix of political mischief and cosmic chaos

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Messiah, Netflix review - con-artist or the Second Coming?

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This Is Our Family, Sky Atlantic review - can Emma and Tony live happily ever after?

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How to Steal Pigs and Influence People, Channel 4 review - the arcane world of the online vegan influencers

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Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle, BBC Four review - meticulous account of a haunting American tragedy

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Cornwall: This Fishing Life, BBC Two review - a precarious trade on the ocean wave

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Dracula, BBC One review - horrific, and not in a good way

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The Gentlemen review - it ain't woke but don't fix it

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Dame Edna Rules the Waves / The Graham Norton Show, BBC One review - two ways to run a talk show

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