Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer. The former Top Gear presenter shared the news in the final episodes of the fifth series of Clarkson's Farm, which landed on Amazon Prime Video overnight.
Ahead of the new episodes, the 66-year-old warned fans they would make for "a difficult watch." "They're really, really difficult," he said in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday evening.
During the series finale, Clarkson tells co-stars Charlie Ireland and Kaleb Cooper that he was diagnosed in May. He describes the cancer as "aggressive," but says it was caught at a "really early stage."
The programme later shows Clarkson in hospital, where he explains that "some of the treatment has gone awry." "I'm going to be here for a little while," he says. "I don't know what's going to happen."
He then delivers an emotional message to viewers, adding: "If this is all successful, I'll see you for season six. And if it isn't, I won't. Take care, everyone."
Clarkson's diagnosis comes two years after he underwent emergency heart surgery following what he described as a "sudden deterioration" in his health. Writing in The Sunday Times at the time, he revealed doctors believed he had been just "days away" from becoming seriously ill. "It seems that of the arteries feeding my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading that way," he wrote.
He later said doctors had warned him he would have to make significant lifestyle changes, including reducing his "alarmingly high" cholesterol levels. Clarkson rose to fame as the long-time presenter of the BBC's Top Gear before fronting Amazon's The Grand Tour. He also hosts ITV quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Since Clarkson's Farm launched in 2021, the series has become one of Amazon Prime Video's biggest hits, documenting the challenges of running Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire. Clarkson has also become a vocal supporter of farmers and attended a protest in London against the Government's move to introduce inheritance tax on farmland in November 2024. The sixth series of the show is due to air in 2027.
