‘Lindsey is a great TV presence … a lovely storyteller with a pleasantly theatrical style of delivery.’ – Graeme Blundell, The Australian, 21 October 2017.
TELEVISION
In May 2016 one of my most deeply held dreams came true when I was invited to join the CJZ team to be part of Lawless, a 4-part Foxtel History Channel series, which opened the cold cases of 4 Australian bushrangers to consider how new developments in science might provide fresh insight into these ‘unsolved mysteries’. I have always wanted to share my enthusiasm for Australian history on TV and now I have had a taste of it I am keen to do more! The series has been a resounding success, with the premiere ‘Ned Kelly’ being the number one show across all pay TV in it’s 8:30 pm time slot, the largest audience for the HISTORY channel since January 2015, and the fourth most watched Australian show in the history of the channel. The Sydney Morning Herald described the series as “handsomely made with gripping re-enactments and a spellbinding, ghostly diorama that illustrates the sequence of events…”
Lawless is available on DVD through Umbrella Entertainment.
My other television appearances have included:
ABC 24, with Kirsten Aiken, October 13 2018.
ABC 24, with, Jo O’Brien October 10 2018.
Child Genius SBS Television, March 2018.
Aussie Inventions, Sheep Shears, The History Channel, April 2018.
RADIO
I have always loved the magic of radio and the way it uses all sorts of audio possibilities to encourage listeners to fill in the gaps with their imagination. For me it is a sublime medium for both history and storytelling. So, I am thrilled whenever I am asked to ‘bring history alive’ on radio. Throughout 2013 and 2014 I did a regular Australian History Program on 891FM ABC Adelaide with Sonya Feldhoff, discussing topics from to the humble history of the backyard. In 2017-18 I did the same with Phil Clark who hosts the Nightlife program on ABC Radio National, where I talked about everything from the challenge of restoring lost voices to the ‘convict stain’ in South Australian history. I have also done an interview with Radio National Arts Today presenter Michael Cathcart, who introduced me to a world of stage craft when I was one of his Awkward Stage ensemble in the 1990s. Most recently, I narrated ‘Hume and Hovell and the pathfinders’, an ABC Radio programme that tells the tale of Hamilton Hume and William Hovell’s 1824 trek inland, based upon my ‘Enterprise & Encounter: A Colonial Soundtrack of the Hume Highway‘.
Throughout 2018 and 2019 I was a co-host of a 45-minute public history program produced by UTS & 2SER. In this capacity I interviewed a number of historians including Ann Curthoys, Heather Goodall, Paul Irish, Stephen Gapps and John Maynard. My other radio appearances included a busy promotional schedule for The Convict’s Daughter, and talks on topics in Australian history.
Kiera Lindsey, Sister Politicians with ABC Melbourne, Myf Warhurst: October 24 2019.
Kiera Lindsey, Triple J: HACK, October 10 2018
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Convict’s Daughter’, 2RRR, 18 June 2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Convict’s Daughter’, Radio National, 25 May
2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Convict’s Daughter’, 2UE, Tim Webster, 24 May 2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Convict’s Daughter’, ABC Capricornia, 23 May 2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Convict’s Daughter’, ABC Local, 23 May 2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Convict’s Daughter’, Chris Smith, 2GB, 12 May 2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Convict’s Daughter’, Wendy Harmer, ABC Sydney, 12 May 2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Convict’s Daughter’, ABC 891FM, 10 May 2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Convict’s Daughter’, UGFM, 9 May 2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Convict’s Daughter’, ABC Regional Riverland, 4 May 2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘Truth really is Stranger than Fiction’, Radio Adelaide, 3 May 2016.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Women’s Garden’, ABC 891FM 13 Feb 2015.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘Backyards and Hidden Secrets’, Operation Outdoors, 4 Sept 2014.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘Parklands and Agricultural Shows’, Operation Outdoors, 12 Sept 2014.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘Botanic Gardens, Public Display’, Operation Outdoors, 21 Sept, 2014
Kiera Lindsey, ‘Biophilia and the Great Outdoors’, Operation Outdoors, 30 Sept, 2014
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Poisoned Hat Pin’, ABC RADIO 891FM Adelaide December 2013
Kiera Lindsey, ‘Lott’s Wife’, ABC RADIO 891FM Adelaide October 2013
Kiera Lindsey, ‘Two Regency Women’, ABC RADIO 891FM Adelaide September 2013
Kiera Lindsey, ‘A Plea for Pure Democracy’, ABC RADIO 891FM Adelaide July 2013.
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Mystery of the Smoking Cap’, ABC RADIO 891FM Adelaide June 2013
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Inland Sea’, ABC RADIO 891FM Adelaide, 13 May 2013
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Wild Rover’, ABC RADIO 891FM Adelaide, 22 April 2013
Kiera Lindsey, ‘To Pick a Father’s Pocket’, ABC RADIO 891FM 18 March 2013
Kiera Lindsey, ‘Monsieur Peron’s Mollusc’, ABC RADIO 891FM, 18 February 2013
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Eureka Flag Debate’, ABC RADIO 891FM Adelaide, 9 October 2012
Kiera Lindsey, ‘The Irish Bride Thieves’, ABC RADIO 891FM Adelaide, 8 August 2012
Kiera Lindsey, ‘Sydney Road: A World in a Street’, Radio National ABC, 2006.