Jeremy Clarkson has issued an update on his health following the release of the latest trailer for Clarkson's Farm, which highlighted a terrifying medical scare. The 66-year-old presenter, who previously revealed he was 'days from death' after suffering severe chest pains at his Cotswolds home in 2024, appeared on Heart Breakfast on Thursday to discuss his wellbeing.
Health Update and 'Fat Jabs'
Host Jamie Theakston, 55, commented: 'Can I just say you look very well. I know you’ve had a couple of health scares recently.' Clarkson replied: 'Yes, it’s fat jabs. I look like a Lowry painting.' The Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host assured Theakston and co-host Amanda Holden that he was 'very well', adding: 'It was quite a fraught year last year but no, I'm absolutely fine now. Tickety-boo!'
Reflections on Farming
During the interview, Clarkson admitted he initially believed farming involved merely 'driving around in a Range Rover, going to the pub and skiing', but has since realised it is 'a very distressing industry at the moment'. He explained: 'I thought farming when I first started, what seven years ago, you just drive around in a Range Rover, went to the pub occasionally and moaned about the weather and then in February went skiing. I thought "well that’s easy I could do that". And then I started doing it and it is unbelievably difficult.'
Clarkson noted that he is fortunate to often have a film crew present, but without them, one realises the isolation: 'God I’m all on my own all day. Literally all day six in the morning until midnight. And then you think "oh God there’s no money coming in," because there isn’t. And then you just think well what if you’re an actual proper farmer like these guys are and all the other people in the choir. You worry about money, you’ve got no one to talk to, you’re on your own. It’s not like most people that work in an office or a shop or wherever a factory. These guys are on their own worrying all day long that the weather is not right and that another subsidy is gone and they’re being forced to grow bird food rather than human food.'
Clarkson's Farm Series 5
The presenter was promoting The Hawkstone Choir ahead of the Britain's Got Talent final. Speaking about the choir, he said: 'It is a very distressing industry at the moment. But it’s great that the choir has kept going actually because we only brought it together to do some silly adverts for the Hawkstone beer brand. And then they all went "this is great, we’ll just stay together".'
Amazon Prime has confirmed that Clarkson's Farm will premiere on June 3, with episodes one to four available that day, followed by episodes five and six on June 10, and the final two instalments on June 17. Clarkson teased that the fifth series is 'the most dramatic yet', adding: 'It is the most dramatic one of the shows we have done so far. And it gets more and more dramatic towards the end. Yeah, I’ll say no more than that because we’re not actually doing any PR for this series at all.'
Previous Health Scare
A first trailer released on Monday showed Clarkson reflecting on his mortality after being warned by doctors to take a break. He had previously claimed he was 'days from death' after experiencing excruciating chest pains at his Cotswolds home in 2024. He was rushed to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, where doctors discovered one of his arteries was 'completely blocked'. Surgeons inserted a stent to restore blood flow.
Meanwhile, Clarkson's pub The Farmer's Dog has faced issues, including the arrival of travellers. Clarkson's Farm, which follows the former Top Gear presenter running Diddly Squat farm in the Cotswolds, first aired in 2021 and has become a major success with four series. Series five was announced in December 2024, filmed last year, and wrapped up in February 2026.
