The Hawkstone brewery co-founder confirmed the news on his hit television show Clarkson’s Farm

Jeremy Clarkson has announced he has been diagnosed with cancer. The former Top Gear presenter and Hawkstone brewery co-founder revealed the news in the latest episodes of season five of Clarkson’s Farm.

He disclosed that the disease was “aggressive” but had been caught at an early stage.

“I’ve got cancer,” Clarkson told farm manager Kaleb Cooper and farmhand Charlie Ireland during discussions about harvest planning.

The TV presenter-turned-farmer said he anticipated being “fine” but would be out of action “for a while”.

Speaking from a hospital bed at the close of the season finale, Clarkson explained he had encountered complications throughout his treatment.

“We started season five with me in a hospital bed and here we are at the end of season five and I’m back in a hospital bed,” he said.

The 66-year-old reflected on the future of the show.

“What I wanted to say was if this is all successful, I’ll see you for season six, and if it isn’t, I won’t,” he said. “Take care, everyone.”

The revelation comes nearly two years after Clarkson underwent a cardiac procedure.

Clarkson’s Farm follows the veteran television presenter and his team as they tackle the trials and tribulations of running Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

Since taking on the running of his farm in 2019 and subsequently launching his hugely popular reality series, Clarkson has become a prominent champion of British farmers, attending a protest in London against the Government’s plans to impose inheritance tax on farmland in November 2024.

The programme’s sixth series is scheduled to broadcast in 2027.

Clarkson has also found success with his brewery business. Earlier this month, Gloucestershire’s Hawkstone was named the fastest-growing private business in the South West of England by the Sunday Times.

Hawkstone topped the Sunday Times 100 regional list after making £44.9m in sales in the year to March – a staggering 128.19 per cent average annual growth in the last three years.

Shares of technology company Dixon Tech jumped 5% to their day’s high of Rs 12,860 on the BSE on Wednesday after reports claimed that the government is likely to clear the long-pending Dixon-Vivo joint venture this month, which will reduce the risk exposure of the Chinese mobile company to India.

According to a PTI report, an inter-ministerial panel has given in-principle approval to the deal, and MeitY will clear it after due process. The deal for a joint venture was signed between the two companies in December 2024, in which Dixon Technologies will be the majority shareholder with a 51% stake.

The joint venture will focus on manufacturing electronic devices, including smartphones. Vivo’s manufacturing unit in Noida is likely to become part of the proposed JV, which will reduce the company’s risk exposure to India.

The facility will undertake part of Vivo’s original equipment manufacturing (OEM) orders for smartphones in India. It will also engage in the OEM business of various electronic products for other brands.

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Currently, Vivo enjoys a dominant position in the Indian smartphone market. The Chinese smartphone company is estimated to have sold 3.5 crore handsets in 2025, while Dixon’s mobile phone production volume was around 3.2 crore units.
Last week, the company’s subsidiary, Dixon Electroconnect, entered into an agreement with Gemtek Technology to form a joint venture in India for manufacturing and supplying optical transceivers and other telecom products.According to the company, the proposed venture will manufacture and supply Optical Transceiver-SFP (Small Form-Factor Pluggable), BOSA (Bidirectional Optical Subassembly), and other telecom products that the parties mutually agree upon.

The proposed transaction will use a mutually agreed structure where Dixon Technologies will hold 60% of Dixon Electroconnect’s total paid-up share capital, while Gemtek will hold the remaining 40% stake upon completion.

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Dixon Tech Q4 snapshot

Dixon Technologies reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 256 crore in the March-ended quarter versus Rs 401 crore in the year-ago period, implying a 36% fall. The profit after tax (PAT) was attributable to the company’s owners. The company’s revenue from operations in Q4FY26 was up 2% to Rs 10,511 crore versus Rs 10,293 crore posted in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.

Meanwhile, the company’s total income grew 3% year-on-year to Rs 10,595 crore versus Rs 10,304 crore in Q4FY25. It included other income of Rs 84 crore compared to Rs 11 crore in the year-ago period.

Dixon Tech shares are down 10% in the last 1 year and about 20% in the last 1 month.

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