Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Maggie Aderin-Pocock

1. Would I Lie to You? (2007– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Game-Show

Two teams, lead by their team leader (either Lee Mack or David Mitchell), have to try and make the other team believe their crazy stories.

Stars: David Mitchell, Lee Mack, Rob Brydon, Paul Ridley

Votes: 9,681

2. QI (2003– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Game-Show

A comedy panel game in which being Quite Interesting is more important than being right. Sandi Toksvig is joined each week by four comedians to share anecdotes and trivia, and maybe answer some questions as well.

Stars: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry, Sandi Toksvig, Bill Bailey

Votes: 33,604

3. The UnXplained (2019– )

TV-14 | Documentary

The show will explore the facts behind the world's most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries.

Stars: William Shatner, Michio Kaku, Jonathan Young, Tok Thompson

Votes: 1,867

4. Richard Osman's House of Games (2017– )

29 min | Game-Show

Richard Osman hosts the game show in which he sets a panel of four celebrity contestants a series of games and puzzles to test their general knowledge.

Stars: Richard Osman, Hugh Dennis, Ivo Graham, Scarlett Moffatt

Votes: 921

5. Portrait Artist of the Year (2013– )

Family, Reality-TV

Artists around the UK come together to compete for who has the best original celebrity portrait.

Stars: Kate Bryan, Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano, Joan Bakewell

Votes: 398

6. Pointless Celebrities (2010– )

Game-Show

Celebrities try to find the most obscure answers to win money for their chosen charities.

Stars: Alexander Armstrong, Richard Osman, Antony Costa, Jayne Torvill

Votes: 902

7. Countdown (1982– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Game-Show

The long-running words and numbers game.

Stars: Susie Dent, Carol Vorderman, Richard Whiteley, Rachel Riley

Votes: 1,469

8. This Morning (1988– )

150 min | Comedy, Drama, Game-Show

Magazine show featuring lifestyle, cookery, fashion and news segments, along with celebrity interviews and gossip.

Stars: Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby, Ruth Langsford, Eamonn Holmes

Votes: 892

9. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011– )

Reality-TV

A spin-off from Antiques Road Trip (2010) in which two teams consisting of an expert and a celebrity buy antiques to sell at auction, hoping to make a profit and give it to charity.

Stars: Tim Wonnacott, David Harper, James Braxton, Philip Serrell

Votes: 111

10. Celebrity Chase (2011– )

60 min | Game-Show

In this spinoff of The Chase (2009), celebrities compete against the show's regular cast of Chasers in an attempt to win some money for their charity of choice.

Stars: Bradley Walsh, Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett, Paul Sinha

Votes: 87

11. The One Show (2006– )

30 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

A live magazine programme featuring topical stories and big name studio guests.

Stars: Alex Jones, Matt Baker, Christine Lampard, Adrian Chiles

Votes: 621

12. Justin's House (2011– )

Family

Fun, adventures and mishaps in front of a live studio audience.

Stars: Justin Fletcher, Steven Kynman, Katherine Smee, Jane Deane

Votes: 127

13. Good Morning Britain (2014– )

TV-14 | 180 min | News, Talk-Show

The weekday news on ITV that the whole nation wakes up to.

Stars: Andi Peters, Susanna Reid, Lorraine Kelly, Laura Tobin

Votes: 760

14. Imagine (2003– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, History

Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.

Stars: Alan Yentob, Tracey Emin, Chuck Close, Richard Rogers

Votes: 145

15. Breakfast (2000– )

180 min | News, Talk-Show

The BBC's flagship morning news programme covering current affairs, business and sports, plus guest interviews and weather reports.

Stars: Charlie Stayt, Carol Kirkwood, Bill Turnbull, Sian Williams

Votes: 418

16. Skavlan (2009–2021)

58 min | Talk-Show

Fredrik Skavlan interviews some of the world's biggest thinkers, politicians, scientists and stars.

Stars: Fredrik Skavlan, Niklas Källner, Noomi Rapace, Anne Holt

Votes: 537

17. I Literally Just Told You (2021– )

TV-PG | Comedy, Game-Show

Jimmy Carr hosts the comedy game show in which the contestants are given every answer - with the questions being written, literally, as the show is happening.

Stars: Jimmy Carr, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Emy Adamson, Natasha Billson

Votes: 240

18. Strangest Things (2021–2022)

Documentary

From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.

Stars: Corey Johnson, Mark Benecke, Andrew Steele, Kevin MacDonald

Votes: 155

19. The Great British Menu (2006– )

Reality-TV

Top British chefs compete against each other and are scored by a panel of acclaimed judges for the chance to cook one course of a four course banquet.

Stars: Matthew Fort, Oliver Peyton, Andi Oliver, Jennie Bond

Votes: 465

20. The Wheel (2020– )

60 min | Game-Show

Three contestants hope to answer their way to a fortune, guided by seven celebrity experts in a game show packed with huge stars, big laughs and a colossal spinning wheel. Can the famous faces help them to win life-changing cash?

Stars: Michael McIntyre, Clare Balding, Dermot O'Leary, Carol Vorderman

Votes: 358

21. Doctor Who Confidential (2005–2011)

TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary

Behind the scenes of the making of Doctor Who (2005) with the cast, crew and directors.

Stars: Russell T. Davies, David Tennant, Steven Moffat, Phil Collinson

Votes: 925

22. Robot Wars (1998–2018)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Game-Show, Sport

Knockout competition between deadly robots designed and controlled by contestants. There's chainsaws, spikes, and lots of flying metal.

Stars: Jonathan Pearce, Noel Sharkey, Stuart McDonald, Craig Charles

Votes: 1,235

23. CBeebies Bedtime Story (2006– )

10 min | Short, Family

A special guest reads a children's bedtime story.

Stars: Justin Fletcher, Floella Benjamin, Tom Hardy, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 92

24. Morning Live (2020– )

44 min | Talk-Show

Kym Marsh and Gethin Jones present a weekday morning magazine programme featuring a mixture of topical discussion and expert advice.

Stars: Gethin Jones, Kym Marsh, Xand van Tulleken, Rav Wilding

Votes: 23

25. Alien Files: Reopened (2023– )

Documentary

Follow some of the alien encounters and UFO sightings.

Stars: Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Will Brood, Christopher D. Bader, Laurie McDonald

Votes: 6

26. Paradox (2009–2010)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

During a period of high activity on the sun a physicist receives images in his lab that show an event that has yet to happen.

Stars: Tamzin Outhwaite, Emun Elliott, Mark Bonnar, Chiké Okonkwo

Votes: 2,019

27. Steph's Packed Lunch (2020–2023)

Talk-Show

Steph McGovern presents her live lunchtime show featuring celebrity guests, fantastic food and the best entertainment, lifestyle and consumer stories making the headlines.

Stars: Steph McGovern, Russell Kane, John Whaite, Sayeeda Warsi

Votes: 210

28. The Sky at Night (1957– )

20 min | Documentary

Astronomy programme.

Stars: Patrick Moore, Chris Lintott, Pete Lawrence, Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Votes: 365

29. Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two (2004–2023)

30 min | Documentary, Family

Claudia Winkleman presents this weekday BBC2 half hour fanzine show dedicated entirely to the BBC1 programme Strictly Come Dancing (2004). Claudia interviews the dancers and celebrities ... See full summary »

Stars: Zoë Ball, Claudia Winkleman, Ian Waite, Craig Revel Horwood

Votes: 150

30. Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention (2010)

30 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy

Wallace introduces correspondents, inventors and experts who explain various real-life contraptions, inventions and scientific accomplishments.

Stars: Peter Sallis, Ashley Jensen, Jem Stansfield, John Sparkes

Votes: 1,016

31. Extraordinary Escapes (2021– )

Documentary

Sandi Toksvig explores some of the UK's most remote and beautiful holiday destinations, accompanied by some of her favorite women.

Stars: Sandi Toksvig, Jessica Hynes, Alison Steadman, Sindhu Vee

Votes: 102

32. The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (2021 TV Special)

91 min | Game-Show, Comedy

Jimmy Carr hosts another edition of The Big Fat Quiz of Everything. This year's teams are Rob Beckett and Roisin Conaty, Nish Kumar and Katherine Ryan, and Rob Brydon and Oti Mabuse.

Stars: Jimmy Carr, Rob Beckett, Rob Brydon, Roisin Conaty

Votes: 135

33. Sky Midnight News (2010– )

News

British news bulletin broadcast every day at midnight live on Sky News.

Stars: Sam Naz, Boris Johnson, Ashish Joshi, Vanessa Baffoe

Votes: 87

34. Apollo 17: The Untold Story of the Last Men on the Moon (2011 TV Movie)

55 min | Documentary

The remarkable story of the determination and courage of a generation. A tribute to three brave astronauts and the thousands of men and women behind them during the final days of NASA's Apollo program.

Directors: Elliot Weaver, Zander Weaver | Stars: Anu Ojha, Ian Crawford, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Keith Wright

Votes: 205

35. Duck Quacks Don't Echo (II) (2014–2017)

Comedy

Duck Quacks Don't Echo is a British television comedy entertainment and science panel show presented by comedian Lee Mack.

Stars: Lee Mack, John Sergeant, Simon Foster, Emily Grossman

Votes: 206

36. Black Is the New Black (2016)

120 min | Documentary, Biography

Famous Black British people in politics, arts, science and sports talk about being influencers and the challenges of achieving in their field.

Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Lenny Henry, Noel Clarke, Naomi Campbell

Votes: 44

37. Breakfast with Kay Burley (2019– )

News

British early morning news and discussion show airing Monday-Thursday live on Sky News.

Stars: Kay Burley, Ian King, Nazaneen Ghaffar, Niall Paterson

Votes: 43

38. The Big Breakfast (2021–2022)

Comedy, Talk-Show

A weekly Saturday morning revival of iconic breakfast show The Big Breakfast (1992), combining fresh new features with nostalgic classics.

Stars: Mo Gilligan, A.J. Odudu, Melvin Odoom, Judi Love

Votes: 43

39. Go 8 Bit (2016–2018)

60 min | Comedy, Game-Show

Comedy game show in which two celebrities join team captains Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon to compete against each other playing a selection of classic and contemporary computer games to determine a champion. Hosted by Dara O'Briain.

Stars: Dara O Briain, Steve McNeil, Sam Pamphilon, Ellie Gibson

Votes: 356

40. Stargazing Live (2011– )

Family, Reality-TV

Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain host three days of live stargazing featuring epic images from observatories around the globe.

Stars: Brian Cox, Dara O Briain, Liz Bonnin, Mark Thompson

Votes: 234

41. Sky News Tonight (2014– )

120 min | News

British late-evening weekday news bulletin broadcast live on Sky News.

Stars: Dermot Murnaghan, Boris Johnson, Sam Coates, Ed Conway

Votes: 27

42. Sky World News (1989– )

News

British early hours rolling news coverage broadcast seven-days-a-week live on Sky News, featuring reports, discussions, breaking news, sport, and weather updates.

Stars: Sam Naz, Boris Johnson, Kimberley Leonard, Ashish Joshi

Votes: 132

43. ITV Evening News (1999– )

30 min | News

News and weather broadcast at 6:30pm on Monday-Friday.

Stars: Mary Nightingale, Lucy Verasamy, Alex Beresford, Becky Mantin

Votes: 78

44. Brave New World with Stephen Hawking (2011– )

46 min | Documentary

These machines will completely transform the way we live. Be whisked into the future in a driverless car, then watch as motorized artificial limbs transform paraplegics into pedestrians--and average humans into bionic miracles.

Stars: Stephen Hawking, Kathy Sykes, David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins

Votes: 144

45. Sky News Today (2001– )

News

Late morning-early afternoon British news and discussion show broadcast every weekday live on Sky News.

Stars: Jayne Secker, Nicola Sturgeon, Colin Brazier, Boris Johnson

Votes: 60

46. World's Top 5 (2012– )

An exploration of the ground-breaking technology used in the world's greatest ships, trains and planes.

Stars: Dominic Rowan, Rob Bell, Shini Somara, Matt Parker

Votes: 13

47. Jonathan Ross' Myths and Legends (2023)

47 min | Documentary, History

Jonathan Ross goes in search of Britain's fantastical forgotten fables, mythical mysteries and lost local legends.

Stars: Jonathan Ross, Michael Sheen, Neil Gaiman, Brian Froud

Votes: 23

48. The Early Rundown (2019– )

News

British early morning news bulletin broadcast live on Sky News.

Stars: Nazaneen Ghaffar, Joe Pike, Isobel Lang, Niall Paterson

Votes: 31

49. Springwatch: Unsprung (2009– )

Talk-Show

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Stars: Chris Packham, Lindsey Chapman, Nick Baker, Laura Thorne

50. In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World (2012 TV Movie)

Documentary

Maggie Aderin-Pocock reveals how satellites shape our modern world.

Director: Shaun Trevisick | Stars: Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Bob Counts, Kosuke Heki, Jacob Katz

Votes: 39