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Maddie Moate

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Maddie Moate
Maddie Moate circa January 2019
NationalityBritish
Alma materBristol University
Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • YouTuber
  • filmmaker
  • Singer
Years active2011–present
Known forMaddie's Do You Know?
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 where she became Head Girl, 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 5 Live Saturday Edition since 2014.[25] She frequently features on BBC 5 Live's Big Share,[26] Good Morning Britain and BBC Breakfast.[27] Since 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]

From 11 December 2021 to 3 January 2022, she appeared in De Montfort Hall's production of Sleeping Beauty. In June 2022 she appeared as guest presenter on an episode of The Gadget Show while Georgie Barrat was on maternity leave.

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

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.

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'.[33]

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. ^ a b "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.
  9. ^ "Girls head for top fringe festival". Witney Gazette. 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 5 Live Radio – Maddie Moate". 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  26. ^ "The Big Share – BBC 5 Live Radio – 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. ^ a b "CBeebies commissions second series of Do You Know?". 23 May 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. ^ "First children's book from CBeebies presenter Moate to Puffin | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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