Poppy Jay

Languages

English, Bengali, Hindi

Accent

London, Neutral

Poppy is a dynamic, powerful and no-nonsense broadcaster and BAFTA nominated director, journalist, writer and podcaster with experience in covering issues on feminism, political uprising and challenging cultural perceptions.

Poppy does not shy away from a difficult subject matter and her journalistic credibility has seen her present documentaries such as Dispatches: Isis; The British Women Supporters Unveiled, Rescuing Ex-Muslims: Leaving Islam for Channel 4, Young & Sterile: My Choice and The Truth about Upskirting for BBC Three. 

Poppy’s tenacity and chameleon-like attitude further led her to direct and present documentaries in an authored style such as the hit Channel 4 documentary Queens of Rap, which landed her a BAFTA nomination, and her most recent film, Young, British and Anti-Abortion for BBC One and BBC Three, which recently won Best TV/Film at the Sandford St Martin Awards. In 2025, Poppy was awarded Best Factual TV Presenter at The Edinburgh TV Awards – a recognition of her fearless storytelling and powerful on-screen presence.

Poppy is also one-half of the multi award-winning podcasting duo behind Brown Girls Do It Too, where they spoke candidly, hilariously and informatively about sex, dating and relationships as a modern British South Asian woman. Highlights for the podcast included winning Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards 2020 and Best Podcast in 2024 at the National Reality Television Awards. The show also took to the stage with Brown Girls Do It Too: Mama Told Me Not to Come which they toured nationally, as well as performing at Edinburgh Fringe and selling out longer runs at Soho Theatre. The show earned 4* reviews across the board from The Guardian, Evening Standard, The Stage and more.

In 2026 Poppy begun writing as a regular contributor for the ipaper and will be launching a new comedy and lifestyle podcast with Global player.