1. Margaret Elizabeth Philbin OBE was born on 23 June 1955 and is an English radio and television presenter whose credits include Tomorrow's World, Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and latterly Bang Goes the Theory.
16 Facts About Maggie Philbin
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Maggie Philbin returned to television on BBC 1's flagship science and technology programme Tomorrow's World, where she stayed for eight years.
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Maggie Philbin flew upside down in a Hawker Hunter as part of the Tomorrow's World at Large series, and drove a Top Fuel dragster, earning her International Racing Licence.
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Maggie Philbin decided not to race the car, which then spun out of control after a tyre exploded with top driver Dennis Priddle at the wheel.
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Maggie Philbin has presented 40 editions of the science programme Wideworld for Five.
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Maggie Philbin reunited with her former Swap Shop colleagues for a special programme celebrating the 30th anniversary of the programme, It Started With Swap Shop, in December 2006.
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Maggie Philbin has launched the Helping Hand Campaign, encouraging digital switchover help for the elderly.
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Maggie Philbin is a regular reporter on the BBC One regional programme Inside Out.
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Maggie Philbin writes about technology for BBC WebWise and The Guardian.
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Maggie Philbin married her Swap Shop co-presenter Keith Chegwin in 1982; the couple divorced in 1993.
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Maggie Philbin is a patron of the National Osteoporosis Society and was invited by the IOF to sit on the Women leaders panel in Brussels in 2008.
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Maggie Philbin is a patron of the Daphne Jackson Trust helping scientists, engineers and technologists return to work after a career break.
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Maggie Philbin was a Lay Council Member of the University of Warwick.
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Maggie Philbin was a board member of the Children's Media Foundation and a panel member of the Haringey STEM Commission.
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On 26 August 2009, Maggie Philbin featured as a speaker at the London branch of Girl Geek Dinners at their fourth anniversary event.
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In 2015, Maggie Philbin was identified as the 4th most influential woman in UK IT 2015, by Computer Weekly.