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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

A Complete Unknown review - how does it feel?

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What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?, BBC Two review - absorbing but troubling search for answers

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American Primeval, Netflix review - nightmare on the Wild Frontier

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Maria review - Pablo Larraín's haunting portrait of an opera legend

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A Real Pain review - Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin take a Holocaust tour of Poland

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Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Sky Atlantic review - Colin Firth stars in gruelling dramatisation of the 1988 terror attack

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SAS Rogue Heroes, Series 2, BBC One review - Paddy Mayne's renegade warriors invade Italy

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All Creatures Great and Small, Christmas Special, Channel 5 review - Mrs Hall steps into the spotlight

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Death in Paradise Christmas Special, BBC One review - who killed Santa Claus?

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Queer review - Daniel Craig meets William Burroughs

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Black Doves, Netflix review - Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw battle against the implausible

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Nightbitch review - Mother's life as a dog

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Conclave review - secrets and lies in the Vatican's inner sanctum

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Senna, Netflix review - the life and legend of Brazil's greatest driver

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Landman, Paramount+ review - once upon a time in the West

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Gladiator II review - can lightning strike twice?

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