Martin Lewis has rallied behind Jeremy Clarkson after the broadcaster revealed he is battling an aggressive form of cancer. Clarkson shared the news in the final two episodes of the fifth series of Clarkson's Farm, which were released overnight.
Ahead of the episodes dropping, the 66-year-old warned fans they would be a difficult watch. They are really, really difficult, he said in an emotional video posted to Instagram on Tuesday evening.
Lewis and Reid Discuss Diagnosis on GMB
Martin Lewis and Susanna Reid spoke about Jeremy Clarkson's cancer diagnosis on Wednesday's Good Morning Britain. In the episodes, Clarkson is seen coming to terms with what he describes as an aggressive form of cancer that was caught at a really early stage following a diagnosis in May 2025. He first broke the news to Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland while discussing the farm's harvest.
Discussing the diagnosis on Good Morning Britain, Lewis reflected on the timeline of Clarkson's diagnosis. That timeline is interesting there, he said during an entertainment segment with Richard Arnold. That diagnosis was effectively a year ago. Thankfully he is still around, he is still with us and still putting messages on social media, so let's hope that is a good sign.
His co-host Susanna Reid also used the moment to encourage viewers to prioritise their health, urging people at home to get checked.
Clarkson's Health Battle
Fans of Clarkson's Farm saw the broadcaster lying in a hospital bed after undergoing cancer treatment. So we started season five with me in a hospital bed and we are ending season five with me back in a hospital bed, he said. Some of the treatment has gone awry, let's say. I am going to be here for a little while. I am nil by mouth. I do not know what is going to happen.
Following surgery, Clarkson later updated Kaleb on his recovery, revealing doctors will not know whether the treatment has been successful until November of that same year. I am feeling good. I am strong, he said in the episode. They will not know if it has worked or not until November. They do blood tests and things. The prostate, 10 per cent of it is dead — the 10 per cent where the cancer is. They use ultrasound... like when you use a magnifying glass on a piece of paper in the sun. They do that with soundwaves and blitz it.
Despite his latest health battle, Clarkson has continued filming Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and has already begun planning the sixth series of Clarkson's Farm, which has been commissioned by Prime Video.
Clarkson had given little indication publicly that he was battling cancer. Season five was filmed throughout 2024 at Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire, shortly after Clarkson underwent emergency heart treatment when doctors warned he was only days away from suffering a heart attack. Two stents were fitted at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.
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. 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.
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