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

Chain Reaction

Presenter

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

Self

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

Self

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

Self - Interviewee

Maureen O'Brien: In Conversation

Self

Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet

Himself

The Rules of Film Noir

Self - Presenter

Silent Britain

Himself - Presenter

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
2013	A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley	Himself
2004	The Culture Show	Self