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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

Maigret in Montmartre, ITV review - dirty deeds in clubland

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The Greatest Showman review - the great huckster as song and dance man

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Witnesses: A Frozen Death finale, BBC Four review - weirdo childbirth cult hits the buffers

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The Tunnel: Vengeance, Sky Atlantic review - entente not-so-cordiale

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Brigsby Bear review - the healing power of fantasy

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The Crown, Series 2, Netflix review - all our yesterdays, cunningly rewritten

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Witnesses: A Frozen Death, BBC Four review - plummeting temperatures in the Pas de Calais

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Ferrari: Race to Immortality review - death and glory in 1950s motor racing

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The Exorcist, Phoenix Theatre review - see the movie

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Strike Back, Series 6, Sky 1 review - more stories for boys

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Steely Dan / The Doobie Brothers, Bluesfest 2017 review - brilliant Dan, delicious Doobies

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Breathe review - heroic but airbrushed struggle against disability

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Gunpowder, BBC One review – death, horror, treason and a hint of farce

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George Michael: Freedom, Channel 4 review - just a supersized commercial?

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LFF 2017: Mindhunter / My Generation - Fincher comes to Netflix, Caine does Swinging London

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LFF 2017: Blade of the Immortal / Redoubtable - Samurai slasher versus the Nouvelle Vague

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A Sober Conversation is the work of a master songwriter, one who knows how to achieve their goals. As the album’s nine tracks pour from...

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