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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

London Film Festival 2025 - Bradley Cooper channels John Bishop, the Boss goes to Nebraska, and a French pandemic

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London Film Festival 2025 - crime, punishment, pop stars and shrinks

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Murder Before Evensong, Acorn TV review - death comes to the picturesque village of Champton

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Black Rabbit, Netflix review - grime and punishment in New York City

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Slow Horses, Series 5, Apple TV+ review - terror, trauma and impeccable comic timing

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Coldwater, ITV1 review - horror and black comedy in the Highlands

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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review - comedy rock band fails to revive past glories

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The Guest, BBC One review - be careful what you wish for

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King & Conqueror, BBC One review - not many kicks in 1066

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Hostage, Netflix review - entente not-too-cordiale

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In Flight, Channel 4 review - drugs, thugs and Bulgarian gangsters

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Alien: Earth, Disney+ review - was this interstellar journey really necessary?

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The Count of Monte Cristo, U&Drama review - silly telly for the silly season

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The Naked Gun review - farce, slapstick and crass stupidity

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North, BBC One review - love, death and hell on the Burma railway

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The Waterfront, Netflix review - fish, drugs and rock'n'roll

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London Film Festival 2025 - Bradley Cooper channels John Bis...

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A key part of Chrissie Hynde’s brilliance and longevity has always been her ability to keep multiple musical personas going at once. She’s the...

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Before we get into it, reader, can you accept that The Last Dinner Party are a band born of privilege and high academic study? Of poshness,...

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Thomas Pynchon is having a moment. Paul Thomas Anderson’s second Pynchon adaptation, One Battle After Another (loosely based on...