Julia Hardy
British television presenter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Julia Hardy, also known as Jules Hardy, is a British television presenter known for their interests in gaming, music, e-sports, and new technology. They are the creator and presenter of the online fitness programme Game to Train. In addition to their professional work, they are a live streamer on Twitch and a YouTuber.[1]
Julia Hardy | |
|---|---|
| Born | Harrow, London, England |
| Occupation | Presenter |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | itsjuliahardy |
Born in Harrow, London,[2] Hardy began their career in 2005 when they were chosen to be a founding presenter of the British television channel Rockworld TV. On Rockworld TV, they co-presented Rockjaw and went on to become a field reporter, covering music events such as Maschinenfest, Download Festival and the Reading and Leeds Festivals.[3] In 2008, they became a presenter on Current TV show The Countdown, and in 2009 joined Ginx TV as presenter of GameFace[4] and Ginx Files which were shown on Bravo and later Challenge.[3][5][6] Also in 2009, they launched an online television show called AE:On.[7][8] They presented GameFace's successor The Blurb for Ginx TV on Challenge in 2011.[citation needed]
In 2015, Hardy started hosting a show on the internet radio station, TotalRock.[citation needed] They were also a presenter for MineCon 2015.[citation needed] As well as presenting, they also contribute articles to magazines and newspapers such as GamesMaster, Tuned, Big Cheese and the Sunday Telegraph.[3] In 2016, they became BBC Radio 1's gaming presenter[9][10] where they make a monthly gaming show for BBC iPlayer and features on other radio shows talking about video games.[11] That same year, Hardy gave a TEDx talk about sexism, misogyny, and online trolls.[12] This related to their blog Misogyny Monday.[13]
In 2017, Hardy hosted an AOL original series called Tech Hunters, looking at retro and nostalgic technology.[14][15] In November 2017, they hosted Minecon Earth's Post and Pre-show which was an online stream broadcast around the world based on the game, Minecraft.[16] In October 2019, they hosted Runefest, a convention for fans of the game RuneScape. In 2020, they joint hosted the This Game Changed My Life podcast series on the BBC with Aoife Wilson.[17] This series has been nominated for an award in the Best New Show category of the 2021 Audio and Radio Industry Awards.[18] On 25 April 2022, they hosted the Gayming Awards 2022 at Troxy in London.[19][20][21]
In 2020, Hardy created the free online exercise programme Game to Train. The exercise programme is based around routines inspired by characters from well known computer games.[22]
Hardy, who calls themself Jules, is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[23][24]
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