Poppy Hillstead
Poppy Hillstead is a London based podcaster, writer, actor and filmmaker from Louth, Lincolnshire.
She hosts and produces podcast ‘Poppy Hillstead Has Entered the Chat’ which is now in its 4th series...
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Poppy hosts and produces podcast ‘Poppy Hillstead Has Entered the Chat’ which is now in its 4th series (Winning a Bronze at The British Podcast Awards for Best Comedy, longlisted for Channel 4’s ‘National Comedy Awards’, the latest series was nominated for a Chortle Award) and has been recommended in The Guardian. She was also one third of podcast ‘Gossipmongers’ which has been recommended in The Guardian, Esquire, NME, The Metro and Vulture.
Poppy writes directs and stars in POPPY, a webseries based on her formative years, set in her home town. The second series is currently filming after its Kickstarter fund was successfully reached. Poppy has also written for Channel 4 as well as appearing on Dave and GinxTV.
Podcast and Online Content
| Let's Go Viral Guest | Let's Go Viral - Guest | Ginx TV | 2023 |
| Wheel of Misfortune Guest Host | Wheel of Misfortune - Guest Host | BBC Sounds | 2022 |
| Killing Leprechauns Guest | Killing Leprechauns - Guest | BBC Sounds | 2022 |
| Gossipmongers Host | Gossipmongers - Host | Acast | 2022 |
| Great Britain: Wide Open & Ready Carol Di Romano | Great Britain: Wide Open & Ready - Carol Di Romano | Dave | 2022 |
| Learning At Lunchtime Guest | Learning At Lunchtime - Guest | NEXT Up | 2022 |
| POPPY - Series 1 Poppy & Writer | POPPY - Series 1 - Poppy & Writer | Online Series | 2022 |
| Drunk Women Solving Crime Guest | Drunk Women Solving Crime - Guest | Acast | 2020 |
| Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat Host | Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat - Host | Acast | 2020 — 2023 |
Awards
| Chortle Awards Nominee | Chortle Awards - Nominee | Best Podcast | 2023 |
| Channel 4’s National Comedy Award Longlisted | Channel 4’s National Comedy Award - Longlisted | Best Podcast | 2021 |
| The British Comedy Awards Bronze Winner | The British Comedy Awards - Bronze Winner | Best Comedy | 2021 |
News
Podcasts
 Poppy Hillstead has been diving into the treacherous depths of internet chatrooms. From Hypnosis roleplay to pretending to know about Carp angler fishing techniques, yes things usually end up in a dick pic, but Poppy is determined to enter the chat and blend in. Each week Poppy is joined by special guests to re-enact what she's been up to.    | |