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Adam Sweeting

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Jo Nesbo's Detective Hole: Season 1 (2026) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Throw in some diabolical plot twists that you couldn’t have seen coming, and it all makes for horribly addictive viewing. The icing on the cake is the way the bad guys suffer satisfyingly hideous come-uppances. ” – The Arts Desk Mar 31, 2026 Full Review Gone: Season 1 (2026) 100% 4/5 EDIT “The mystery (scripted by George Kay) will unravel itself in due course, but Gone keeps its grip on your attention with its interplay of character and situation as much as with the mere mechanics of the police investigation.” – The Arts Desk Mar 23, 2026 Full Review The Madison: Season 1 (2026) 61% 3/5 EDIT “ou could call it melodrama, and at times it threatens to go the whole hog and turn into soap, but The Madison does have the gift of watchability. ” – The Arts Desk Mar 16, 2026 Full Review Unfamiliar: Season 1 (2026) 80% 5/5 EDIT “The spy thriller is a well-worked genre, but Unfamiliar feels fresh by virtue of the tautness of the writing and the way it’s mirrored in Ruff’s lucid direction, in which nothing happens without a reason.” – The Arts Desk Mar 9, 2026 Full Review Formula 1: Drive to Survive: Season 8 (2026) 3/5 EDIT “But, eight seasons in, some viewers...might be detecting a trace of saminesss in the mixture. The fact that this time around we only get eight episodes instead of the traditional 10 perhaps suggests that Netflix...might be inclined to agree.” – The Arts Desk Mar 4, 2026 Full Review How to Get to Heaven From Belfast: Season 1 (2026) 95% 4/5 EDIT “There’s plenty of humour in it but it isn’t a comedy, and it also lays out a long trail of tragedy and pain spanning generations. You might argue that there’s a bit of redemption on offer, but then again you might not.” – The Arts Desk Mar 3, 2026 Full Review The Tony Blair Story: Season 1 (2026) 80% 3/5 EDIT “Waldman’s thesis is that it was Blair’s determination to invade Iraq in 2003...that fatally punctured his prime ministerial career.” – The Arts Desk Feb 24, 2026 Full Review Betrayal: Season 1 (2026) 86% 4/5 EDIT “But what [the series] does successfully is to depict the way intelligence work is often mundane, dirty and squalid, a seedy back-street affair rather than a globe-trotting thrill ride starring Tom Cruise.” – The Arts Desk Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Under Salt Marsh: Season 1 (2026) 100% 3/5 EDIT “Location, location, location... a tangible sense of place and local identity can make or break a TV drama, and Under Salt Marsh exploits this to the full.” – The Arts Desk Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Steal: Season 1 (2026) 77% 4/5 EDIT “...[Sophie Turner] tackles the lead role here with aplomb, tackling the high-octane stuff just as capably as more introspective or self-doubting interludes. She could probably do James Bond if she put her mind to it.” – The Arts Desk Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Agatha Christie's Seven Dials: Season 1 (2026) 71% 2/5 EDIT “Generally it rattles along quite pleasantly, replete with some splendid panoramas of coastline, countryside and steam trains, while Ms McKenna-Bruce makes a smart and feisty heroine. But there’s never much real tension or sense of menace...” – The Arts Desk Jan 15, 2026 Full Review His & Hers: Season 1 (2026) 70% 2/5 EDIT “There’s plenty of twisty and titillating stuff here to keep the narrative simmering nicely...but you get the sneaking sensation that the mechanics of the plot militate against any subtlety in the characterisations.” – The Arts Desk Jan 12, 2026 Full Review The Hunting Wives: Season 1 (2025) 81% 4/5 EDIT “It’s an everyday story of deceit, murder, weird sex and all kinds of corruption, set deep in the heart of Texas where they have some very strict ideas about guns and religion, especially the entirely taboo topic of abortion.” – The Arts Desk Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Red Eye: Season 2 (2026) 33% 2/5 EDIT “It all ticks along quite entertainingly, though by the time you get to episode four you’ll probably be wondering how on earth they’re going to stretch it out to six.” – The Arts Desk Jan 5, 2026 Full Review The Night Manager: Season 2 (2026) 88% 4/5 EDIT “Judging by the first couple of its six episodes, Farr has done a pretty good job of concocting a tense and twisty thriller. ” – The Arts Desk Jan 2, 2026 Full Review Amadeus: Season 1 (2025) 88% 3/5 EDIT “There’s plenty to enjoy, not least its strength-in-depth cast.” – The Arts Desk Dec 27, 2025 Full Review Man Vs Baby: Season 1 (2025) 72% 2/5 EDIT “Doubtless Man vs Baby is intended as heart-warming Yuletide fare, so it might pass muster at about 6pm on Christmas Day. At any other time, maybe not so much.” – The Arts Desk Dec 15, 2025 Full Review Mayor of Kingstown: Season 4 (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Now in the middle of season 4, the show continues to tighten its tendrils of menace, thuggery and corruption with seemingly no concern for the viewer’s delicate sensibilities. ” – The Arts Desk Dec 10, 2025 Full Review The Beatles Anthology: Season 1 (1995) 100% 3/5 EDIT “So if you enjoyed the original Anthology, chances are you’ll enjoy this deluxe makeover even more, though whether there’s a new, younger audience thirsting for Beatle product is a moot point.” – The Arts Desk Dec 1, 2025 Full Review The Beast in Me: Season 1 (2025) 85% 4/5 EDIT “She’s still best remembered for her portrayal of Carrie Mathison in Homeland, but Claire Danes is an actor with plenty of moves up her sleeve.” – The Arts Desk Dec 1, 2025 Full Review The Monster of Florence: Season 1 (2025) 53% 3/5 EDIT “The result feels like a mosaic of character and incident rather than a fluent narrative, and we have to rely on Salvatore’s increasingly-aged appearance to keep a grip on it. ” – The Arts Desk Oct 27, 2025 Full Review The Diplomat: Season 3 (2025) 97% 3/5 EDIT “The return of this entertaining political drama is always welcome, though its soap-tinged mix of transatlantic politics and volatile personal relationships is beginning to look a little too genteel for our current age of ever-worsening crises.” – The Arts Desk Oct 22, 2025 Full Review The Guest: Season 1 (2025) 100% 5/5 EDIT “The show is splendidly served by its strong ensemble cast, Myles leading the way with an assured aura of command.” – The Arts Desk Oct 13, 2025 Full Review Murder Before Evensong: Season 1 (2025) 89% 3/5 EDIT “While the denouement is the obligatory riddle wrapped inside an enigma, much of the show’s entertainment value stems from its very watchable cast and knowing sense of its own heritage.” – The Arts Desk Oct 3, 2025 Full Review Black Rabbit: Season 1 (2025) 66% 4/5 EDIT “The strength-in-depth cast, allied with powerfully atmospheric cinematography,...helps to stir up a powerful magnetic field, though the story feels like it’s running short of gas as it reaches its last couple of episodes.” – The Arts Desk Sep 30, 2025 Full Review
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