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Maddie Moate
Maddie Moate circa January 2019
Born (1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 (age 38)
Alma materBristol University
Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • podcaster
  • YouTuber
  • filmmaker
  • children's author
Years active2011–present
Known forDo You Know? (TV series)
Websitewww.maddiemoate.com Edit this at Wikidata

Madeleine Moate (born 26 July 1988)[1][2][3] is a British television presenter, podcaster, YouTuber and children's author[4] best known for presenting the CBeebies series Maddie's Do You Know?[5] for which she was awarded the Best Presenter BAFTA at the Children's BAFTAs 2017.[6] Moate is a science communicator; she studied theatre, film and television at Bristol University.[7][8] .

Early life

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Moate grew up in Witney, Oxfordshire, attending Henry Box School and the Jill Stew School of Dance and Dramascope. She went on to study drama at the University of Bristol.[9]

YouTube and online content

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Moate developed and presented The App Show, an online comedy series on LadyGeek, with Nicola Hume from 2011 to 2012.[10] The series, which attracted over 850,000 views, discussed everyday tech issues from a female perspective and was sponsored by Nokia.[11]

In 2012, she presented Newsburst on O2 Guru TV. The series attracted more than four million views.[12] The same year, Moate presented Home of the Future for Channel 4.[13] Between 2012 and 2013, Moate made three films for Samsung. The Samsung SSD Angels videos attracted 1.5 million views.[14] Moate presented a series of films for Intel and Argos, for use in their Superhuman Academy and Smarten Up campaigns.[15] Moate presented the online videos for Sony Xperia Z5 in September 2015, whilst in Berlin.[16]

Since 2014, Moate has been the lead presenter of BBC Earth Unplugged, a BBC produced channel on YouTube with over 480,000 subscribers.[17][18] The series garnered the notice of BBC America, who compiled the highlights to make a one-off television programme, It's a Mad Mad Maddie World!.

In March 2015, she released a video The Real Me (Perioral Dermatitis) talking about her personal struggles with perioral dermatitis in the hope that "talking openly about it could actually be a big support to lots of other people".[19] In September 2015, she released a follow-up video titled: Maddie Moate – Hydromol Ointment 3 in 1 Regime, explaining that she had been misdiagnosed and that she actually has (or had had) under-treated eczema.[20]

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Maddie Moate teamed up with her then-partner Greg Foot to create 'Let's go Live', a YouTube livestream with different themes each week. Each one is science based and includes suggestions for hands-on activities that could be done during the lockdown period. Themes included; Dino week, Brilliant bodies and Theme parks.

Also in 2020, Maddie became a presenter on Fully Charged, a YouTube channel exploring battery-electric vehicles and renewable energy.[21]

In 2020 she also started a new podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers that won the Best Family Podcast in the British Podcast Awards 2021.[4][22]

During 2022, Maddie hosted a YouTube Original Maddie's Urban Jungles[23] as well Make Yourself At Home[24] international series for Magnolia which can viewed on Discovery+, part of Warner Brothers. Discovery Inc.

Media

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Moate has been the resident technology expert on BBC Radio 5 Live Saturday Edition since 2014.[25] She frequently features on BBC Radio 5 Live's Big Share,[26] Good Morning Britain and BBC Breakfast.[27] Since September 2016, Moate presents a factual series for CBeebies, entitled Maddie's Do You Know?, which has an average audience of 328,000.[28][29] A second series was commissioned by CBeebies, produced by Sarah Trigg, and shown in 2018.[29]

She won the BAFTA Children's Awards in 2017, in the category of presenter.[30] A third and fourth series have since been released in 2019 and 2020 respectively.[31] In 2018, she joined the BBC team on Springwatch, hosting the "Springwatch Wild Academy" aimed at schools and children.[32] In June 2022 she appeared as guest presenter on an episode of The Gadget Show while Georgie Barrat was on maternity leave.

Starting in 2025, Moate was added as a presenter on CBeebies' sign-language series Something Special.[33]

Writing

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In September 2021 she released a book called ‘Stuff' with illustrations by Paul Boston. As with her YouTube and Television work, it is a book aimed at inspiring children, covering a range of topics all about 'stuff'.[34] In October 2023, Moate wrote 'A Very Curious Christmas', subtitled "Festive fun and seasonal science from around the world", the book is a collection of stories, facts, crafts and activities based on Christmas and winter traditions.[35]

Stage

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From 11 December 2021 to 3 January 2022, Moate appeared in De Montfort Hall's production of Sleeping Beauty.[36]

From 2 December 2022 to 2 January 2023, she performed as Tinkerbell at York Theatre Royal's performance of Peter Pan.[37]

From 8 to 31 December 2023, she performed as Tinkerbell at the Alban Arena in St Albans in The All New Adventures of Peter Pan – A Pantomime Sequel.[38]

In December 2024, Moate wrote, and starred in "A Very Curious Christmas", a Christmas-themed live science show at the Apollo Theatre.[39]

References

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  1. ↑ Moate, Maddie (25 July 2014). "Guys its my birthday tomorrow...#justsaying".
  2. ↑ Horne, David (24 July 2008). "Girls head for top fringe festival". Witney Gazette.
  3. ↑ "Madeleine MOATE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 "CBeebies star Maddie Moate: 'Elephant poo is so magical!'". The Guardian. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Kent, Sara-Aisha (5 February 2020). "CBeebies star Maddie Moate left in stitches after being sent rude drawing". mirror. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Children's in 2017". awards.bafta.org. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  7. ↑ George, Martin (17 October 2016). "Science YouTuber Maddie Moate on the importance of being curious".
  8. ↑ "YouTube's Maddie Moate Tells Kids: 'Get Curious!'". Live Science. 15 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Girls head for top fringe festival". Witney Gazette. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  10. ↑ ladygeektv (28 June 2010). "Lady Geek TV – The App Show – Episode #1" – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Lady Geek TV – YouTube – Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Technology – O2 Guru TV – YouTube" – via YouTube.
  13. ↑ "Home of the Future – Channel 4 – Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Technology – Samsung SSD Angels – YouTube" – via YouTube.
  15. ↑ Intel Superhuman Academy (7 September 2015). "Choosing the right technology for study" – via YouTube.
  16. ↑ Sony Xperia GB (19 September 2015). "The Xperia™ Z5, the world's best camera in a smartphone is put to the test by Maddie Moate in Berlin" – via YouTube.
  17. ↑ "BBC Earth Unplugged" – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ "Maddie Presents 'Earth Unplugged' – YouTube" – via YouTube.
  19. ↑ "Vlogger Maddie Moate shares her struggle with Perioral Dermatitis – ShinyShiny". 11 March 2015.
  20. ↑ Hydromol (2 September 2015), Maddie Moate – Hydromol Ointment 3-in-1 regime, retrieved 24 February 2018
  21. ↑ "Beginners Guides – YouTube". YouTube. 15 January 2020.
  22. ↑ "2021 Winners". British Podcast Awards. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "Maddie's Urban Jungles - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  24. ↑ "Make Yourself At Home". magnolia.com. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  25. ↑ "Saturday Edition – BBC Radio 5 Live – Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  26. ↑ "The Big Share – BBC Radio 5 Live – Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  27. ↑ "BBC Breakfast – BBC 1 – Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  28. ↑ "Do You Know? – CBeebies – BBC". Archived from the original on 7 September 2017.
  29. 1 2 "CBeebies commissions second series of Do You Know?". 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  30. ↑ "Winners Announced for the British Academy Children's Awards in 2017". bafta.org. 26 November 2017.
  31. ↑ "Do You Know? (TV Series 2016– )". IMDb.
  32. ↑ "Springwatch – Springwatch Wild Academy – BBC Two". BBC.
  33. ↑ "Exciting Changes Coming to Something Special: We're All Friends".
  34. ↑ "First children's book from CBeebies presenter Moate to Puffin | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  35. ↑ "Maddie Moate on curiosity & Christmas". Absolutely Education UK. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  36. ↑ "Sleeping Beauty - De Montfort Hall Review". Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  37. ↑ Goodman, Amy (23 November 2022). "York Theatre Royal". York Theatre Royal. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  38. ↑ "Christmas Cracker returns on Sunday 19 November | St Albans City and District Council". www.stalbans.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  39. ↑ Winship, Lyndsey (9 December 2024). "Maddie Moate's Very Curious Christmas review – CBeebies star's scientific wonderland". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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