Maggie Aderin-Pocock

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.

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Filmography

2025

Last Swim
Last Swim
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/4/2025
Finding Father Christmas
Finding Father Christmas
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/24/2025

2024

Alien Files: Reopened
Alien Files: Reopened
as Self - Physicist & Space Scientist
TV - Released: 11/3/2024

2021

I Literally Just Told You
I Literally Just Told You
as Self - Question Writer
TV - Released: 12/16/2021
Strangest Things
Strangest Things
as Self - Space Scientist
TV - Released: 5/28/2021

2020

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
as Self - Expert
TV - Released: 11/28/2020
The Infinite Monkey Cage
The Infinite Monkey Cage
as Panellist
TV - Released: 2/12/2020

2017

Richard Osman's House of Games
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant
TV - Released: 9/4/2017

2016

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
TV - Released: 9/5/2016

2012

Movie
The Science of Doctor Who
Movie - Released: 8/4/2012
In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World
In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World
as Herself - Presenter
Movie - Released: 3/25/2012

2011

Do We Really Need the Moon?
Do We Really Need the Moon?
as Host
Movie - Released: 2/1/2011
Pointless Celebrities
Pointless Celebrities
as Self
TV - Released: 7/4/2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
TV - Released: 10/24/2011

2007

Would I Lie to You?
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
TV - Released: 6/16/2007

2006

The One Show
The One Show
as Self
TV - Released: 8/14/2006

2005

Doctor Who Confidential
Doctor Who Confidential
as Self
TV - Released: 3/26/2005

2003

QI
QI
as Self
TV - Released: 9/11/2003

1966

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 1/4/1966

1957

The Sky at Night
The Sky at Night
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 4/24/1957
The Sky at Night
The Sky at Night
TV - Released: 4/24/1957