Maggie Aderin-Pocock
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 (22 titles)
7.2MovieArtemis: To the Moon and Back
Self · 2026
6.6MovieFinding Father Christmas
Self · 2025
6.4MovieLast Swim
Self · 2025
7.0ShowAlien Files: Reopened
Self - Physicist & Space Scientist · 2024
7.1ShowI Literally Just Told You
Self - Question Writer · 2021
6.7ShowStrangest Things
Self - Space Scientist · 2021
5.6ShowMichael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Expert · 2020
7.0ShowThe Infinite Monkey Cage
Panellist · 2020
6.1ShowRichard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant · 2017
6.4ShowDara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
Self · 2016
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
6.0MovieIn Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World
Herself - Presenter · 2012
6.0ShowCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · 2011
5.2ShowThe Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest · 2011
6.3ShowPointless Celebrities
Self · 2011
7.8MovieDo We Really Need the Moon?
Host · 2011
7.8ShowWould I Lie to You?
Self · 2007
4.4ShowThe One Show
Self · 2006
8.1ShowDoctor Who Confidential
Self · 2005
7.9ShowQI
Self · 2003
5.1ShowRoyal Institution Christmas Lectures
Self - Presenter · 1966
8.4ShowThe Sky at Night
Self - Presenter · 1957