Matthew Sweet

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 Culture Show

A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits

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

The Story of Music Hall

Silent Britain

Chain Reaction

All Movies (32)

• John Levene: In Conversation2025 · as Self
• Terror of the Suburbs2025 · as Self (Presenter)
• Sophie Aldred: In Conversation2024 · as Self - Interviewer
• William Russell: In Conversation2022 · as Self
• Maureen O'Brien: In Conversation2022 · as Self
• In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy2021 · as Self - Interviewer
• Bonnie Langford: In Conversation2019 · as Self
• Doctor Who and the Third Man2019 · as Himself
• A Victorian Scandal: The Rudest Book in Britain2019
• Peter Davison: In Conversation2018 · as Self
• Tom Baker in Conversation2018
• Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge2016 · as Self
• Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet2015 · as Himself
• Sean Connery: In His Own Words2015 · as Self
• Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn2015 · as Self - Interviewee
• Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies2014 · as Himself
• Al Murray's Great British War Movies2014 · as Himself
• Remembering 'Dead of Night'2014
• How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective2014 · as Self
• The Story of Music Hall2011 · as Self
• Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification2011
• All's Wells That Ends Wells2011 · as Self
• One Hit Wonder2011 · as Self
• Riverside Story2011 · as Self
• Limehouse: A Victorian Chinatown2010
• Chain Reaction2010 · as Presenter
• The Rules of Film Noir2009 · as Self - Presenter
• Cybermen2009 · as Presenter
• Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies2008 · as Himself
• The Age of Excess: When Britain Went Too Far2007 · as Presenter
• Silent Britain2006 · as Himself - Presenter
• Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits1995 · as Self

All TV Shows (2)

• A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley2013 · as Self
• The Culture Show2004 · as Self