Maggie Philbin
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Maggie Philbin OBE |
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Philbin in 2009
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Margaret Elizabeth Philbin 23 June 1955 Manchester, England |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Occupation | Television and radio presenter |
Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Philbin OBE (born 23 June 1955) is an English radio and television presenter whose credits include Tomorrow's World, Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and (more recently) Bang Goes the Theory.
As a child she became interested in science through wanting to become a vet. She grew up in Leicester and went to an all-girls Catholic grammar school, Evington Hall Convent School in Evington. In the sixth-form she studied English, History, French and German, although she claims she was good also at Maths and Physics, but not Chemistry.
After studying English and Drama at the University of Manchester with classmates including Adrian Edmondson, Ben Elton and Rik Mayall, she responded to an advertisement in The Stage and was offered the job of co-presenter on Multi-Coloured Swap Shop.
She married her co-presenter Keith Chegwin in 1982. The couple had a daughter, Rose – named after the editor who gave her the job with Swap Shop, Rosemary Gill; the couple divorced in 1993. With Noel Edmonds, they formed the one-hit wonder band Brown Sauce and had a No. 15 hit with "I Wanna Be A Winner" in 1981.
She returned to television on BBC 1's flagship science and technology programme Tomorrow's World where she stayed for eight years. Since then, she has presented a variety of television and radio programmes, including Hospital Watch, Bodymatters Roadshow, QED, and BBC 2's women's documentary series The Doll’s House. 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. She 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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