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Matthew Sweet

b. 1969 (age 57)
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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

Filmography

Bookish
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★ 6.9
Bookish
2025 Writer
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Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: 50 Years of Laughs
2023 Self
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BBC Proms
2023 Writer
Sid James: Comedy Icon
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★ 6.8
Sid James: Comedy Icon
2022 Self
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★ 7.2
The Absolutely Fabulous June Whitfield
2022 Self
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Wendy Craig: All the Laughs & More
2022 Self
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Dick Emery: Comedy Gold
2020 Self
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★ 6.9
World's Greatest Hotels
2019 Self
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
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★ 7.8
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2016 Self
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★ 7.5
Richard E. Grant on Ealing Comedies
2016 Self
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Virginia McKenna's Born Free
2016 Self
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
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★ 7.4
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
2015 Self
It Was Alright in the 70s
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★ 6.3
It Was Alright in the 70s
2014 Self
Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies
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★ 6.1
Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies
2014 Self
Al Murray's Great British War Movies
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★ 7.4
Al Murray's Great British War Movies
2014 Self
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
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★ 7.6
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
2013 Self
Queen Victoria's Children
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★ 7.1
Queen Victoria's Children
2013 Self
The Genius of Invention
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★ 7.4
The Genius of Invention
2013 Self
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★ 7.5
Fifties British War Films: Days of Glory
2013 Self
The Real Sherlock Holmes
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★ 6.1
The Real Sherlock Holmes
2012 Self
Secret Life of...
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★ 8.5
Secret Life of...
2012 Self
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★ 7.3
Faulks on Fiction
2011 Self
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The Story of British Pathé
2011 Self
The Rules of Film Noir
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★ 7.3
The Rules of Film Noir
2009 Self Writer
The Many Faces of...
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★ 6.1
The Many Faces of...
2009 Self
Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies
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★ 7.1
Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies
2008 Self Writer
British Film Forever
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★ 6.6
British Film Forever
2007 Self Writer
Silent Britain
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★ 7.4
Silent Britain
2006 Self Writer
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★ 7.7
The Cult of...
2006 Self
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★ 7.7
Shepperton Babylon
2005 Writer
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Checking Into History
2005 Self Writer
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The Cinema Show
2005 Self
Timeshift
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★ 6.9
Timeshift
2002 Self