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SUNDAY JANUARY 26

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story (Prime, 9.00pm). Adam Lambert was runner-up in season eight, but it was his performance with Queen on the show that set in motion a nearly decade-long collaboration with Brian May and Roger Taylor. This documentary tells that story and also has interviews with May, Taylor, Rami Malek (who played Freddie Mercury in ) and judge Simon Cowell. By sheer coincidence, Queen + Adam Lambert are touring here in early February.

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