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Matthew Sweet

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Born: December 2, 1969

Biography

Matthew Sweet is an English journalist, broadcaster, author, and cultural historian. A graduate of the University of Oxford, he has been interviewed on many documentaries about television for the BBC and Channel 4.

Known for

The Rules of Film Noir

Silent Britain

Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

The Age of Excess: When Britain Went Too Far

Limehouse: A Victorian Chinatown

Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits

Filmography

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2025

Writing (Writer) 4 EP

John Levene: In Conversation

Acting (Self)

Terror of the Suburbs

Acting (Self (Presenter))

2024

Sophie Aldred: In Conversation

Acting (Self - Interviewer)

2022

Maureen O'Brien: In Conversation

Acting (Self)

William Russell: In Conversation

Acting (Self)

2021

In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy

Acting (Self - Interviewer)

2019

Bonnie Langford: In Conversation

Acting (Self)

Doctor Who and the Third Man

Acting (Himself)

A Victorian Scandal: The Rudest Book in Britain

2018

Peter Davison: In Conversation

Acting (Self)

Tom Baker in Conversation

2016

Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge

Acting (Self)

2015

Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet

Acting (Himself)

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

Acting (Self - Interviewee)

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

Acting (Self)

2014

Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies

Acting (Himself)

Al Murray's Great British War Movies

Acting (Himself)

Remembering 'Dead of Night'

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective

Acting (Self)

2013

A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

Acting (Self) 3 EP

2012

BFI's Introducing Ealing Studios

Acting (Himself)

2011

The Story of Music Hall

Acting (Self)

Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification

All's Wells That Ends Wells

Acting (Self)

One Hit Wonder

Acting (Self)

Riverside Story

Acting (Self) Writing (Writer) Crew (Presenter)

2010

Chain Reaction

Acting (Presenter)

Limehouse: A Victorian Chinatown

2009

The Rules of Film Noir

Acting (Self - Presenter) Writing (Writer)

Acting (Presenter) Writing (Writer)

2008

Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies

Acting (Self) Writing (Writer)