Lindsey returned to BBC Radio 4 this week curating and presenting Pick of the Week – a look at the best of BBC Radio across the week. Connecting with the world around us through speech and musicality informs Lindsey’s radio choices; from probing outer space for extra-terrestrial lifeforms to the art of Mongolian throat singing.…
Big news as Lindsey joins BBC Countryfile star Adam Henson to present Channel 5’s new primetime show ‘Springtime on the Farm’. Broadcasting from a working farm in the foothills of the Pennies, Lindsey and Adam explore this busy time of year for thousands of farmers across the country with a week of extraordinary programming. The…
BBC Radio 4’s Opening Night come from a different regional centre each month. For the June episode Lindsey went back to her theatrical routes in Leeds to explore the role of women, both on and off stage. Lindsey went behind the scenes of the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s world premiere adaptation of the bestselling novel The Girl…
Liverpool’s famous Everyman Theatre is the backdrop for this months Opening Night on BBC Radio 4. Returning to present the popular series that gives listeners a backstage pass to the best in theatre, playwriting and live performance across the UK, Lindsey asks whether class-based political theatre has been replaced by our modern concerns with race,…
Lindsey made her BBC Radio 4 debut as part of the BBC Contains Strong Language Festival of Poetry and Spoken Word in Hull, UK City of Culture 2017. Written and presented by Lindsey, Hull: A City of Poets in its Own Words featured Jeremy Irons and Julie Hesmondhalgh voicing iconic poems exploring the poetic heritage of the city of Hull. Performed…
Lindsey presents Springwatch Unsprung (BBC Two) alongside Chris Packham from the glorious Sherborne Estate in Gloucestershire. Exploring and championing British wildlife, the show is built on audience interaction through social media. Featuring celebrity interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, scientific exploration and wildlife quizzes, Springwatch Unsprung places the viewer at the heart of UK wildlife. Showcasing user generated footage,…
BBC Children in Need raises money for disadvantaged children and young people around the UK. Having taken part in a number of fundraising events over the years, Lindsey was thrilled to be asked to host the backstage area at the Children in Need Appeal Show 2017. In a fun packed evening, Lindsey caught up with Rochelle and Marvin Humes, Peter…
Lindsey returned to Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the BBC to discover the very best of what the worlds largest Arts Festival has to offer in 2017. Celebrating its 70th anniversary year, Lindsey went behind-the-scenes and tried her hand at everything for jaw dropping Circus performance to Game of Thrones Musicals, to haunting tradition music with renowned…
Winterwatch offered something a little bit different this year with Lindsey’s one day digital takeover… Through a series of special Facebook Live broadcasts, Instagram stories and Snapchat stories Lindsey took a look around RSPB Arne, interviewed Michaela Strachan in the production village and sneaked into the live studio. She dropped in on Martin Hughes-Games and the crew for a behind-the-scenes…
Lindsey joins Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and a team of marine enthusiasts to follow the animals arriving and thriving in British waters this summer in Big Blue UK. Lindsey will be delving into extraordinary stories of marine life around the UK and meeting the people who conserve it. The series will also catch up each day with news from…
Lindsey joined John Craven and the Songs of Praise team (BBC1) to present a special feature about one of her favourite birds – the swift. Swifts are summertime visitors to the UK and spend most of their lives on the wing. They eat, mate and even sleep whilst flying and only land in order to raise…
