Jeremy Clarkson confirms future of Clarkson’s Farm after cancer diagnosis

Jeremy Clarkson has shared an update on the future of his hit TV show Clarkson’s Farm after revealing his prostate cancer diagnosis.

The presenter, 66, announced that he had a ‘particularly aggressive’ form of the disease in the final episodes of the fifth series of Clarkson’s Farm, which premiered late on Monday night.

He had initially warned his fans on social media that these final two episodes would be ‘a difficult watch’ as the show veered away from its usual ‘bucolic and charming and cheerful’ tone, as he put it – but didn’t say why.

However, he was then also able to confirm on his show that it had been caught early, and that he had undergone surgery to remove part of his prostate.

On Saturday he returned to social media, thanking fans ‘for all the kind messages’ while also encouraging anyone with concerns to get themselves checked out as he quipped: ‘The more observant among will have noticed I’m not dead. I’m not just not dead, I’m perfectly fine.’

And the good news has now continued, with the former Top Gear star now confirming that there is more Clarkson’s Farm on the way.

‘So, a bit of a year,’ Clarkson began in an Instagram video also shared to Prime Video UK’s account, as he walked onscreen in front of one of his tractors. ‘But I am delighted to tell you that season 6 of Clarkson’s Farm is currently being filmed.’

‘It’s in production. And that’s particularly good news for me because, well if you know, you know, and if you don’t know, you need to watch season five,’ he added, before walking away.

The post was captioned: ‘Delighted to confirm that Series 6 of Clarkson’s Farm is in production.’

Fans celebrated the news in the comments section, with Leanne posting: ‘So glad we get another series and so glad that Jeremy is okay.’

‘I’ve been watching Jeremy since I was a kid, I’m so happy that I get to keep watching him,’ responded Catherine Long, while another fan added: ‘How happy I am for a bloke I’ve never met, to be free of cancer. You’re a national treasure Jeremy.’

‘Looking forward to season 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,’ joked eager fan Jordan Hall.

Season five had ended on a dramatic cliffhanger with Clarkson rushed to hospital.

He told viewers from his medical bed: ‘If this is all successful, I’ll see you for season six, and if it isn’t, I won’t. Take care, everyone.’

But now, in an interview with The Times, the TV star declared himself ‘the world’s luckiest man’ after a follow-up Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test  two months ago showed no indication of cancer, meaning he is in remission.

Jeremy added: ‘It was an aggressive type of cancer. It could have spread, it could have gone into the pancreas, it could have gone anywhere, and that would have been trouble.

‘This is why I have to say to everybody who’s reading this, please, please, please go and get checked. It’s not uncomfortable, it’s not undignified. And it’s a no-brainer.

‘I did, and that’s why I’m sitting here talking to you 11 months down the line. I’ve seen so many people die of cancer. It doesn’t bear thinking about what it must be like to live knowing that an illness is going to kill you.’

The Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host – who still needs regular blood tests and monitoring, and is remaining positive and hopeful the cancer will not return – moved viewers to tears when he shared his diagnosis in the final two episodes of Clarkson’s Farm’s latest series.

During a discussion about harvesting with co-stars Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland, he said: ‘I’ve got cancer.’

A stunned Cooper replies: ‘No, you haven’t. Where?’

Clarkson responds: ‘Where it is is of no concern of anybody. I’ve known since May. I had a medical, you remember, back in May.

‘I disappeared off the other week, and I had a biopsy, and it is cancer, and it’s aggressive, but it’s really early, so the treatment will be, you know.

‘I was praying we could get the harvest done, and then I could go and get some treatment, but it’s going to be slap bang in the middle.’

Cooper tells his boss, and friend: ‘Look after yourself, you go and do… if you need anything just ring.’

Later in the programme, Clarkson reflects on the diagnosis during a chat with his co-stars, including girlfriend Lisa Hogan.

He said: ‘So we started the year, and I had coronary heart disease, and ended it with me having cancer.

‘We can dwell as much as we like on all the bad things that have happened on the farm, but I think it is better now, at the end of the year, to focus on things that have happened that are good.’

With Cooper asking when they’ll know if his treatment has worked, Clarkson answers, ‘I don’t know, I’ve got a blood test today, there’ll be a blood test, and then we’ll know. Not for another few weeks,’ before adding: ‘Come on, cheer up, it probably did work.’

But later in the episode, the broadcaster  – who has also experienced heart issues in recent times – was taken to hospital.

He reflected: ‘So we started season five with me in a hospital bed, and we are at the end of season five, and I’m back in a hospital bed.

‘Some of the treatment has gone awry, let’s say, I’m going to be here for a little while. I’m nil by mouth, I don’t know what’s going to happen.’