Judge Jules

Judge Jules is a British dance music DJ. Born on October 26, 1965 as Julius O'Riordan, he was educated at University College School and the London School of Economics. He studied law at the LSE, giving rise to his stage name "Judge Jules", though he obtained a lower second class honours in his degree. Jules began his music career as a DJ on the then pirate radio station Kiss FM before he joined BBC Radio 1 in 1997, where he now has a regular Saturday night slot. He also has an internationally-syndicated radio show called "The Global Warm Up" www.somethinelse.com which can be heard across the USA, Russia, Europe and the Middle East. The Judge is well known for his witty one liners between tunes on his radio show.

Jules' Radio 1 show, called The Saturday Warm Up is on air 7:00pm-9:00pm. After Pete Tong's Essential Selection it's the most listened to dance radio show in the UK and also attracts listeners from around the world. This is possible because Radio 1 can be heard online 24hrs a day, 7 day's a week.