Lindsey Katherine Chapman (born ) is an English television and radio presenter.

Career

Chapman, the daughter of a teacher and a rural developer, was educated at Lockington primary school and Beverley High School before studying Drama and Theatre Arts at the

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and later trained at Birmingham School of Acting. Growing up, she was a member of the

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. In August 2015 Chapman hosted ''Big Blue UK'', a series on UK marine wildlife, alongside

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for

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. In January 2016, she co-hosted BBC Two's '' Winterwatch Unsprung'' with

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. She continued this role with ''Springwatch Unsprung'' in June 2016 and 2017 and in an online version of ''Winterwatch Unsprung'' in January 2017. Chapman has also presented '' Songs of Praise'' for the BBC and appeared on their wildlife-themed panel show ''Curious Creatures''. Since 2018 Chapman has presented series of Channel 5's ''Springtime on the Farm'', ''Animals After Dark'' and ''Wild Animal Rescue''. On radio, Chapman has presented episodes of

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's '' Tweet of the Day'' and ''Tweet of the Week'', '' Pick of the Week'', '' Costing the Earth'', '' Living World'', ''Opening Night'' and ''In Pursuit of Beauty''. She also presented the ''Contains Strong Language'' poetry special alongside

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and Julie Hesmondhalgh, part of the station's Hull UK City of Culture 2017 programming. Chapman has also hosted online arts coverage for the corporation for events such as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, ''Shakespeare Lives'', ''Opera Passion Day'' and ''Get Creative''. Chapman has worked as a travel reporter for BBC Radio 5 Live. In 2019, she commentated on international

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for the station and has previously presented coverage of matches for

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. Chapman has been a patron of the Wild Watch programme in

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, the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, the City of Trees programme in

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and the Wild Otter Trust. She has also presented at the Greater Manchester Green Summit and the Manchester Climate Change Conference. Chapman was also a torchbearer in the London 2012 Olympic Torch procession and in same year was part of BBC Radio 5 Live Guinness World Record attempt for the ‘most players in a continuous 5 a side exhibition match’ for BBC Children in Need.

References

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