Matthew Sweet (born 2 December 1969) is an English journalist, broadcaster, author, and

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. A graduate of the

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, he has been interviewed on many documentaries about television for the

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and

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Early life

Born in Hull, Sweet received a doctorate from

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Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for '' The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moonstone'' (1868), which has be ...

Career

Sweet was among the contributors to '' The Oxford Companion to English Literature'' and was both film and television critic for ''

The Independent on Sunday ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publish ...

''. Sweet's book, ''

Shepperton Shepperton is an urban village in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, approximately south west of central London. Shepperton is equidistant between the towns of Chertsey and Sunbury-on-Thames. The village is mentioned in a document of 959 AD an ...

Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema'' (2005) is a history of the British film business from the silent days, and includes interviews with surviving figures from the period. A television documentary series was adapted from the book. Sweet has written other television films and series, including ''Silent Britain'', ''Checking into History'', ''British Film Forever'', ''The Rules of

Film Noir Film noir (; ) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American ' ...

'', ''Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies'', and ''A Brief History of Fun''. He presented a

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of Talk radio, spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history fro ...

programme ''The Philosopher's Arms'', a show recorded in front of a live audience in which classic philosophical concerns were explored. He is the host of the

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also featuring. The st ...

programme ''Sound of Cinema'', which is concerned with

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s and their composers, and a regular presenter of ''

Night Waves ''Free Thinking'' is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as part of their "After Dark" late night programming. The programme is a rebranded version of ''Night Waves'', "Radio 3's flagship arts and ideas programme". ''Night Waves'' was b ...

'' (now titled ''Free Thinking'') on the same network. Sweet is a fan of the science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and has written several ''Doctor Who'' audio plays and short stories. He has also presented several documentaries about the series for the DVD range, including ''Chain Reaction'' (about ''

The Caves of Androzani ''The Caves of Androzani'' is the sixth serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 8 to 16 March 1984. In the serial, the Doctor ...

'') and ''Nice or Nasty?: The Making of

Vengeance on Varos ''Vengeance on Varos'' is the second serial of the 22nd season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on 19 and 26 January 1985. The serial is set on the planet Varos, wh ...

''. He also presented the 50th-anniversary retrospective of the series for ''

The Culture Show ''The Culture Show'' is a British magazine programme about books, art, film, architecture, music, visual fashion and the performing arts. The show was broadcast weekly on BBC Two between 2004 and 2015. Early history Launched in November 2004, th ...

'' called ''Me, You and Doctor Who'' in 2013.

Piers Morgan Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (; né O'Meara; born 30 March 1965) is a British broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality. He began his Fleet Street career in 1988 at '' The Sun''. In 1994, aged 29, he was appointed editor of the ...

interviewed him on '' Good Morning Britain'' in 2017 about the casting of the first woman to play The Doctor.

Bibliography

* ''Operation Chaos: The Vietnam Deserters Who Fought the CIA, the Brainwashers, and Each Other'', (2018) Pan Macmillan, , * ''Inventing the Victorians'' (2001), debunking the stereotypes and myths about the

Victorian Era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edward ...

Faber and Faber Faber and Faber Limited, usually abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in London. Published authors and poets include T. S. Eliot (an early Faber editor and director), W. H. Auden, Margaret Storey, William Golding, Samuel ...

, St. Martin's Press (hardcover, 1st US edition) * ''Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema'' (2005) Faber and Faber * ''The West End Front'' (2011), Faber and Faber, a history of

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

’s grand

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s during the

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Audio dramas

* '' Doctor Who: Year of the Pig'' * '' Doctor Who: The Magic Mousetrap'' * '' Bernice Summerfield: The Diet of Worms'' * '' Jago and Litefoot: The Man at the End of the Garden'' * '' Jago and Litefoot: The Lonely Clock'' * ''The Voyages of Jago & Litefoot: Voyage to the New World'' * ''Jago and Litefoot: Return of the Repressed'' * ''Jago and Litefoot: Maurice''

Short stories

* "The Lampblack Wars" - '' Short Trips: The History of Christmas'' * "The Earwig Archipelago" - '' Short Trips: Time Signature''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweet, Matthew 1969 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford BBC Radio 3 presenters English film critics English male journalists English writers Writers from Kingston upon Hull Writers from Manchester