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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 Favourite review - scintillatingly warped portrait of the court of Queen Anne

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Les Misérables, BBC One review - Dominic West looks the part in new Victor Hugo adaptation

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Torvill & Dean, ITV review - skating into history

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The Dead Room, BBC Four review - ghosts at the microphone

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Watership Down, BBC One review - run rabbit run

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Springsteen on Broadway, Netflix review - one-man band becomes one-man show

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Lizzie review - murder most meticulous

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Sir Cliff Richard: 60 Years in Public and in Private, ITV review - bachelor boy bounces back

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Care, BBC One review - a blunt but powerful polemic

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Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942-1984, BBC Four review - the way she was

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The Old Man & the Gun review - sundown on Sundance

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Mrs Wilson, BBC One review - real-life secrets and lies

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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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