Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Actor
March 9, 1968 (58 years)
Dame Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock is a British space scientist and science educator. She is an honorary research associate of University College London's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and has been the chancellor of the University of Leicester since 1 March 2023. Since February 2014, she has co-presented the long-running astronomy television program The Sky at Night with Chris Lintott. In 2020, Maggie was awarded the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics for her public engagement in physics. She is the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award and she served as the president of the British Science Association from 2021 to 2022.
Filmography
| 2025 | Finding Father Christmas · as Self |
| 2025 | Gladiators: Epic Pranks · as Self |
| 2024 | Last Swim · as Self |
| 2024 | Disaster Autopsy · as Self - Space Scientist |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Alien Files: Reopened · as Self - Physicist & Space Scientist |
| 2023 | Jonathan Ross' Myths and Legends · as Self |
| 2022 | The Big Design Challenge · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2021 | Jimmy Carr's I Literally Just Told You · as Self - Question Writer |
| 2021 | The Big Breakfast · as Self |
| 2021 | Strangest Things (2021) · as Self - Space Scientist |
| 2021 | Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig · as Self |
| 2021 | The Big Fat Quiz of Everything · as Self |
| 2020 | Michael McIntyre's The Wheel · as Self - Expert |
| 2020 | Morning Live · as Self |
| 2020 | Steph's Packed Lunch · as Self - Space Scientist |
| 2019 | The UnXplained · as Self - Author, Book Of The Moon |
| 2017 | Richard Osman's House of Games · as Self - Contestant |
| 2016 | Black is the New Black · as Self |
| 2014 | CBeebies Stargazing · as Self |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain · as Self - Space Scientist And Presenter |
| 2014 | Duck Quacks Don't Echo (UK) · as Self |
| 2013 | Portrait Artist of the Year · as Self - Sitter |
| 2012 | World's Top 5 · as Self - Space Scientist |
| 2012 | Stargazing Live: Back to Earth · as Self |
| 2011 | Brave New World with Stephen Hawking · as Self |
| 2011 | The Chase: Celebrity Special · as Self - Contestant |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip · as Self - ParticipantOn Plex |
| 2011 | Justin's House · as Self |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Around the World in 60 Minutes · as Self - Space Scientist |
| 2011 | Stargazing Live · as Self |
| 2010 | The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures · as Self - Presenter |
| 2010 | Pointless Celebrities · as Self |
| 2010 | Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention · as Self - Optics Expert |
| 2010 | Sky Midnight News · as Self - Space Scientist |
| 2009 | Skavlan · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show · as Self |
| 2006 | CBeebies Bedtime Stories · as Self - Storyteller |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential · as Self |
| 2005 | MasterChef · as Self |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two · as Self - Friday Panel |
| 2003 | QI · as Self |
| 2003 | imagine... · as Self - Space Scientist |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast · as Self - Space Scientist |
| 1999 | ITV Evening News · as Self - Space Scientist |
| 1998 | Robot Wars · as Self |
| 1989 | Sky World News · as Self - Space Scientist |
| 1988 | This Morning · as Self |
| 1988 | Countryfile · as Self - Presenter |
| 1982 | Countdown · as Self - Dictionary Corner |
| 1957 | The Sky at Night · as Self - Presenter |
| 2020 | The Infinite Monkey Cage · as Panellist |
| 2016 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Do We Really Need the Moon? · as Host |
| 1957 | The Sky at Night · as Cinematographer |