Poppy Jay
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.
Television
| Morning Live VT Presenter | Morning Live - VT Presenter | BBC One | 2025 |
| Reported Missing Director | Reported Missing - Director | BBC One | 2024 |
| The Jeremy Vine Show Recurring Guest | The Jeremy Vine Show - Recurring Guest | Channel 5 | 2024 |
| 999: The Critical List Director | 999: The Critical List - Director | Channel 4 | 2024 |
| Young, British and Anti-Abortion Director and Presenter | Young, British and Anti-Abortion - Director and Presenter | BBC One | 2024 |
| Drugs Map of Britain S2 Director | Drugs Map of Britain S2 - Director | BBC Three | 2023 |
| Young, Black and Right Wing Director | Young, Black and Right Wing - Director | Channel 4 | 2022 |
| Queens of Rap Presenter | Queens of Rap - Presenter | Channel 4 | 2021 |
| The Truth About Upskirting Presenter | The Truth About Upskirting - Presenter | BBC Three | 2021 |
| ISIS: The British Women Supporters Unveiled Reporter | ISIS: The British Women Supporters Unveiled - Reporter | Channel 4 | 2015 |
Radio
| Woman's Hour Guest | Woman's Hour - Guest | BBC Radio 4 | 2024 |
| Group Chat with Poppy Begum Presenter | Group Chat with Poppy Begum - Presenter | BBC Asian Network | 2020 — 2021 |
Books
News
Podcasts
 For most Asian girls, openly chatting about sex is firmly off limits. Enter Poppy, Rubina and friends.  | |
 Since the beginning of time, women have been treated as the more mysterious sex but can anyone really claim to understand the hearts, minds and other parts of men? Poppy Jay is on a mission to delve deep into the minds of what men want, what they really think and finally get some answers. What Big Boy Energy? We're about to find out! | |
  Brown Girls Do It Too host, Poppy Jay, joins Nihal for an in-depth conversation. Nihal Arthanayake presents his new Sunday evening show and podcast, featuring exclusive in-depth interviews with headline guests across entertainment, sport, culture and politics. | |
  Brown Girls Do It Too: VIRAL S*x Trends, Bedroom TIPS & Teaching Grace To Flirt?!  | |
 The Guilty Feminist episode 326: Brown Guilty Feminists Do it Too Presented by Deborah Frances-White, Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani  | |