Margaret Elizabeth Philbin OBE (born 23 June 1955) is an English radio and television presenter whose credits include Tomorrow's World, Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and latterly Bang Goes the Theory.

[4] After studying English and Drama at the University of Manchester, Philbin responded to an advertisement in The Stage and was offered the job of co-presenter on Multi-Coloured Swap Shop.

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.

[17] On 26 March 2012, she featured as guest presenter in Episode 3 of the 6th Series of the BBC TV show Bang Goes the Theory, about mobile phone internet security.

[19][20] In November 2013 she was asked to lead the UK Digital Skills Task Force which published an interim report in July 2014.

[23] On 22 November 2018, she and Howard Stableford co-presented Tomorrow's World Live: For One Night Only, a 90-minute special edition broadcast on BBC Four.

[25] They had a daughter, Rose, named after Rosemary Gill, the Swap Shop editor who gave Philbin a job on the programme.

[27] She is also a patron of the Daphne Jackson Trust helping scientists, engineers and technologists return to work after a career break.

[32] On 26 August 2009, Philbin featured as a speaker at the London branch of Girl Geek Dinners at their fourth anniversary event.

[42] On 9 December 2015, she received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the Earl of Wessex, Chancellor of the University of Bath, at a ceremony held in the city's Assembly Rooms.