Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. QI (2003) — Self
2. Would I Lie to You? (2007) — Self
3. Doctor Who Confidential (2005) — Self
4. The One Show (2006) — Self
5. Richard Osman's House of Games (2017) — Self - Contestant
6. The Jonathan Ross Show (2011) — Self - Guest
7. Pointless Celebrities (2011) — Self
8. I Literally Just Told You (2021) — Self - Question Writer
9. The Sky at Night (1957) — Self - Presenter
10. Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit (2016) — Self
11. Last Swim (2025) — Self
12. Michael McIntyre's The Wheel (2020) — Self - Expert
13. Strangest Things (2021) — Self - Space Scientist
14. Do We Really Need the Moon? (2011) — Host
15. Artemis: To the Moon and Back (2026) — Self
16. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) — Self - Participant
17. Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966) — Self - Presenter
18. Finding Father Christmas (2025) — Self
19. The Science of Doctor Who (2012)
20. In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World (2012) — Herself - Presenter
21. The Infinite Monkey Cage (2020) — Panellist
22. Alien Files: Reopened (2024) — Self - Physicist & Space Scientist