His father was a mechanical engineer and a technical director at E H Bentall & Co in the large village of Heybridge in the Maldon District of Essex, frequently working abroad.
[2] Hudson attributes his conversational style of presentation to his experience from a young age of meeting people at the bed and breakfast from many different backgrounds and nationalities.
[3] After initially briefly pursuing a career as an army officer, Hudson moved into TV production in 1996, focusing on historical programmes.
[11] 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.
The presenter says that he is a "keen countryman and craftsman" who "spends his spare time renovating his period home and garden in Herefordshire and rescuing old furniture".