HUDSON
Jules
English archaeologist
Date of Birth: 9 January 1970
Age: 54 years old
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Profession: Archaeologist
Biography
Julian Harold Hudson is an English archaeologist, television producer and presenter, best known for presenting the BBC series Escape to the Country. He also frequently presents sections of the environmental documentary series Countryfile on BBC One.
Life and career
After initially briefly pursuing a career as an army officer, Hudson moved into TV production in 1996, focusing on historical programmes.
Working initially for Discovery Channel, he then moved to Channel 4's Time Team, BBC 2's Horizon, and three military history series for the BBC's Richard Holmes. After becoming lead presenter on ITV Meridian's The Making of England, and making Have I Been Here Before? with Phillip Schofield, he developed and produced the series Revival for ITV, which gained a Royal Television Society nomination.
Since 2007, he has been one of the main presenters on BBC's Escape to the Country. He was the initial presenter on BBC One's Britain's Empty Homes, fronting the first series from January 2010 to February 2012. He presented the ten episodes of Defenders of the Sky for the History Channel H2 in 2015.
Hudson contributes regularly to Countryfile Magazine and to Homes & Gardens magazine. An article published in 2022 indicates that he is a "regular contributor to BBC Radio Wales". He also authored the book "Walled Gardens".
In August 2017 he graduated from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserve, specifically in the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers. According to a June 2022 report, he was "assigned to 77 Brigade – a combined Regular and Reserve unit".
President, Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, (CPRW)
In 2015 Jules Hudson became President of CPRW, a Welsh national charity that aims to secure the protection and enhancement of the country's landscapes and environment. He has entered enthusiastically into work of the charity and in November 2015 re-launched the Best kept village competition for Montgomeryshire. It is hoped that this will evolve into a competition covering all of Wales.
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