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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

No Hard Feelings review - nothing about this queasy comedy feels quite right

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Best Interests, BBC One review - a family feels the unbearable strain of terminal illness

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Chevalier review - a less than extraordinary film about an extraordinary man

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Hypnotic review - a riotously enjoyable thriller

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Inland review - a cracked mosaic of memories, impressions and lurking anxiety

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Ten Pound Poms, BBC One review - a new life in the Great Southern Land

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A different angle on the Anne Frank story in 'A Small Light'

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Fatal Attraction, Paramount+ review - Adrian Lyne's bunny-boiler blockbuster expanded onwards and outwards

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Citadel, Prime Video review - did Amazon really pay $300m for this?

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The Diplomat, Netflix review - can London's new American ambassador prevent World War Three?

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Malpractice, ITV1 review - she got into a mess on the NHS

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How To Blow Up a Pipeline review - can eco-terrorism be justified?

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Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, ITV1 review - Agatha Christie gets a tense and twisty reworking by Hugh Laurie

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Magpie Murders, BBC One review - zinging TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's bestseller

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Rabbit Hole, Paramount+ review - sabotage, subterfuge and corporate skulduggery

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Villeneuve Pironi: Racing's Untold Tragedy, Sky Documentaries review - a macabre slice of motor racing mythology

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