Jules Hudson flooded with support as he issues big career announcement

Escape to the Country presenter Jules Hudson had fans emotional as he issued some huge career news via social media. The BBC host took to Instagram to announce an exciting next chapter - and that he is starring in a new Channel 5 series with Helen Skelton and JB Gill. The series, titled Coastal Adventures, began on July 15th, with one episode already available to stream.

Posting a trailer to his Instagram grid, Jules captioned it: "Ahoy there!! For much of this year, myself and my wonderful chums Helen Skelton and JB Gill have been out and about exploring our magical coastlines for our BRAND NEW 8-part series, Coastal Adventures with Helen, Jules and JB.

"Starts [July 15] at 8pm on @channel5_tv. We'd love love love you to join us and share our maritime mischief!"

Fans rushed to support Jules in the comments section, with one writing: "Aww, one of my dreams Jules! Visit UK and the amazing countryside and the coastlines. I will try to watch it here in Australia."

Someone else echoed: "Brilliant... really looking forward to it." And a third penned: "Is this on BritBox? We're in Michigan and watch every Escape - but would love to catch your coastline show. Please tell us how!"

Helen also shared the news to her own grid, writing: "Filmed a new series earlier this year... It's a celebration of the British coastline and hopefully will give you some ideas of places to explore close to home.

"Grateful to be working with such a top time. It's on [July 15] 8pm, expect some coastal spam!"

The first episode sees Helen descend 4,500 feet into the UK's deepest mine, while JB explores the bizarre beauty of Dungeness. Jules, meanwhile, heads to Devon to set sail from Salcombe.