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
2005
Bookish
2025
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
2013
Riverside Story
2011
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
Shepperton Babylon
2005
Cybermen
2009
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits
1995
The Rules of Film Noir
2009

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
35
Writing
8
Crew
1
2025
John Levene: In Conversation
as Self
2025
Terror of the Suburbs
as Self (Presenter)
2024
Sophie Aldred: In Conversation
as Self - Interviewer
2022
William Russell: In Conversation
as Self
2022
Maureen O'Brien: In Conversation
as Self
2021
In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy
as Self - Interviewer
2019
Bonnie Langford: In Conversation
as Self
2019
A Victorian Scandal: The Rudest Book in Britain
2019
Doctor Who and the Third Man
as Himself
2018
Tom Baker in Conversation
2018
Peter Davison: In Conversation
as Self
2016
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
as Self
2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
as Self
2015
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
as Himself
2015
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
as Self - Interviewee
2014
Al Murray's Great British War Movies
as Himself
2014
Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies
as Himself
2014
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
as Self
2013
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
as Self
2012
BFI's Introducing Ealing Studios
as Himself
2011
The Story of Music Hall
as Self
2011
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
2011
All's Wells That Ends Wells
as Self
2011
One Hit Wonder
as Self
2011
Riverside Story
as Self
2010
Limehouse: A Victorian Chinatown
2010
Chain Reaction
as Presenter
2009
The Rules of Film Noir
as Self - Presenter
2009
Cybermen
as Presenter
2008
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
as Self
2007
The Age of Excess: When Britain Went Too Far
as Presenter
2006
Silent Britain
as Himself - Presenter
2005
The Culture Show
as Self
1995
Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits
as Self