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.

Known For

QI

The One Show

The Jonathan Ross Show

Would I Lie to You?

The Sky at Night

The Sky at Night

Pointless Celebrities

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

All Movies (6)

• Artemis: To the Moon and Back2026 · as Self
• Finding Father Christmas2025 · as Self
• Last Swim2025 · as Self
• The Science of Doctor Who2012
• In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World2012 · as Herself - Presenter
• Do We Really Need the Moon?2011 · as Host

All TV Shows (17)

• Alien Files: Reopened2024 · as Self - Physicist & Space Scientist
• I Literally Just Told You2021 · as Self - Question Writer
• Strangest Things2021 · as Self - Space Scientist
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel2020 · as Self - Expert
• The Infinite Monkey Cage2020 · as Panellist
• Richard Osman's House of Games2017 · as Self - Contestant
• Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit2016 · as Self
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self - Guest
• Pointless Celebrities2011 · as Self
• Would I Lie to You?2007 · as Self
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Doctor Who Confidential2005 · as Self
• QI2003 · as Self
• Royal Institution Christmas Lectures1966 · as Self - Presenter
• The Sky at Night1957 · as Self - Presenter
• The Sky at Night1957