Maddie Moate

Maddie Moate
Born 26 July
Norfolk, England,
United Kingdom
Nationality British
Alma mater Bristol University
Occupation TV presenter, YouTube filmmaker
Years active 2011-present
Website www.maddiemoate.com

Maddie Moate (born 26 July[1]) is a British TV presenter and YouTube filmmaker most known for presenting the CBeebies series Do You Know?. She was awarded the Best Presenter BAFTA at the Children's BAFTAs 2017.[2] Moate is a science communicator but studied theatre, film and television at Bristol University.[3][4] On 15 February 2018 she got engaged to science presenter Greg Foot.[5]

YouTube and online content

Moate developed and presented The App Show, an online comedy series on LadyGeek, with Nicola Hume in 2011-12.[6] The series, which attracted over 850,000 views, discussed everyday tech issues from a female perspective and was sponsored by Nokia.[7]

In 2012, she presented Newsburst on O2 Guru TV. The series attracted more than 4 million views.[8] The same year, Moate presented Home of the Future for Channel 4. [9]

Between 2012 and 2013 Moate made three films for Samsung. The Samsung SSD Angels videos attracted 1.5 million views.[10]

Moate presented a series of films for Intel and Argos, for use in their Superhuman Academy and Smarten Up campaigns.[11]

In 2014, Moate presented the online videos for Sony Xperia Z5.[12]

Since 2014, Moate has been the lead presenter of BBC Earth Unplugged, a BBC-produced YouTube channel with over 480,000 subscribers.[13][14] 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".[15] 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/had under treated eczema.[16]

Television and radio

Moate has been the resident technology expert on BBC 5 Live Saturday Edition since 2014 [17]. She frequently features on BBC 5 Live's Big Share [18], Good Morning Britain and BBC Breakfast. [19]

Moate presented a 25-episode series for CBeebies entitled Do You Know? that had an average audience of 328,000.[20][21]. A second series has been commissioned by CBeebies produced by Sarah Trigg.[21] She won the BAFTA Children's Awards in 2017 in the category of presenter.[22]

In 2018 she joined the BBC Springwatch team hosting the "Springwatch Wild Academy" aimed at schools and children.[23]

References

  1. ↑ Moate, Maddie (25 July 2014). "Guys its my birthday tomorrow...#justsaying".
  2. ↑ "Children's in 2017". awards.bafta.org. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  3. ↑ George, Martin. "Science YouTuber Maddie Moate on the importance of being curious".
  4. ↑ "YouTube's Maddie Moate Tells Kids: 'Get Curious!'".
  5. ↑ "CBeebies presenter Maddie Moate gets engaged to fellow BBC star Greg Foot". 15 February 2018.
  6. ↑ ladygeektv (28 June 2010). "Lady Geek TV - The App Show - Episode #1" – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "Lady Geek TV - YouTube - Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Technology - O2 Guru TV - YouTube". YouTube.
  9. ↑ "Home of the Future - Channel 4 - Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Technology - Samsung SSD Angels - YouTube". YouTube.
  11. ↑ Intel Superhuman Academy (7 September 2015). "Choosing the right technology for study" – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "BBC Earth Unplugged". YouTube.
  14. ↑ "Maddie Presents "Earth Unplugged" - YouTube". YouTube.
  15. ↑ "Vlogger Maddie Moate shares her struggle with Perioral Dermatitis - ShinyShiny". 11 March 2015.
  16. ↑ Hydromol (2 September 2015), Maddie Moate - Hydromol Ointment 3-in-1 regime, retrieved 24 February 2018
  17. ↑ "Saturday Edition - BBC 5 Live Radio - Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016.
  18. ↑ "The Big Share - BBC 5 Live Radio - Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016.
  19. ↑ "BBC Breakfast - BBC 1 - Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016.
  20. ↑ "Do You Know? - CBeebies - BBC". Archived from the original on 7 September 2017.
  21. 1 2 "CBeebies commissions second series of Do You Know?".
  22. ↑ "Winners Announced for the British Academy Children's Awards in 2017". www.bafta.org.
  23. ↑ "Springwatch - Springwatch Wild Academy - BBC Two". BBC.


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