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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 9, 1968
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
1.3 Popularity
Biography
I’m so pleased to be part of this cherished and much loved institution. Presenting The Sky at Night has brought me full circle; as a child I would beg my parents to allow me to stay up late and watch the programme. It even inspired me to go to night school at a young age to make my own telescope mirror, which I lovingly crafted and gave me my first glimpse of the breath-taking spectacle above us. This enthusiasm eventually led to a degree in Physics and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and then working on the wonderful 8m Gemini telescope in Chile, as well as the James Webb Space Telescope. Growing up, I always wanted to be an astronaut - I haven’t succeeded in doing that (yet!) but being a space scientist is the next best thing because I’m building instruments that go into space. I’m very lucky to have found work I enjoy so much and that is also so varied – not just building equipment that goes into space but also talking about it. I like to pass on my enthusiasm when I can. But I haven’t given up on that dream; I want to retire to Mars. Some people choose gardening, I choose Mars!
Known For
8.8
Self
Finding Father Christmas
2025
6.7
Self
Last Swim
2025
7.0
Self - Physicist & Space Scientist
Alien Files: Reopened
2024
7.1
Self - Question Writer
I Literally Just Told You
2021
🎬
6.7
Self - Space Scientist
Strangest Things
2021
6.3
Self - Expert
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
7.0
Panellist
The Infinite Monkey Cage
2020
6.0
Self - Contestant
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
6.4
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
2016
🎬
0.0
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
Credits
Finding Father Christmas
as Self
2025
8.8
Last Swim
as Self
2025
6.7
Alien Files: Reopened
as Self - Physicist & Space Scientist
2024
7.0
I Literally Just Told You
as Self - Question Writer
2021
7.1
🎬
Strangest Things
as Self - Space Scientist
2021
6.7
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
as Self - Expert
2020
6.3
The Infinite Monkey Cage
as Panellist
2020
7.0
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant
2017
6.0
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
2016
6.4
🎬
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
0.0
In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World
as Herself - Presenter
2012
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
5.0
Pointless Celebrities
as Self
2011
6.3
Do We Really Need the Moon?
as Host
2011
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
7.8
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
Doctor Who Confidential
as Self
2005
8.2
QI
as Self
2003
7.9
The Sky at Night
as Self - Presenter
1957
8.3
The Sky at Night
1957
8.3