Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'aggressive' prostate cancer diagnosis

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

The former Top Gear presenter shared the revelation in the final episodes of the fifth series of Clarkson's Farm, which premiered overnight on Amazon Prime Video.

The show documents the trials of farming on his land in Oxfordshire. He had warned fans on Instagram that the latest episodes would be a "difficult watch".

"They're really, really difficult," he said in a video posted on Tuesday evening.

Clarkson is seen revealing the news in the show to co-stars Charlie Ireland and Kaleb Cooper, saying he's known since May.

The 66-year-old describes the disease as "aggressive" but says it's at a "really early stage".

"I've got cancer," Clarkson told farm manager, Kaleb, and land agent, Charlie, during discussions about harvest planning.

The TV host said he expected to be "fine" but would be out of action "for a while", before revealing in the final episode of the series that he had undergone an operation to remove part of his prostate.

He said: "I won't know whether it's worked or not until November probably. The prostate, 10% of it's dead, the 10% where the cancer is."

The programme later cuts to Clarkson in hospital, where he says "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."

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He added: "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.

"If this is all successful, I'll see you for season six. And if it isn't, I won't. Take care, everyone."

In an Instagram post to fans, he said: "Sombre news - Clarkson's Farm, ordinarily we try to keep the show bucolic and charming, and cheerful, but two episodes which drop in the middle of the night tonight are, they're none of those things, really."

The news of Clarkson's cancer diagnosis comes two years after he underwent a heart procedure after suffering a "sudden deterioration" in his health.

He told The Sunday Times doctors believed he was potentially "days away" from becoming very 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 said.

Clarkson later told The Sun he had been warned by medics that "a lot" of the work he does "will have to go" - and he must "cut my alarmingly high levels of cholesterol".

Charity thanks Clarkson

Prostate Cancer UK thanked Clarkson for sharing his diagnosis and treatment, saying it would raise "vital awareness".

Chiara De Biase, the charity's fundraising and health strategy director, said: "Thankfully he found the disease at an early stage, but sadly this is still not the experience of many men across the UK."

In a statement, she added that thousands of men every year "are diagnosed too late for a cure," but the Transform screening trial will "generate the vital evidence to ensure those at highest risk are diagnosed earlier".

She said those worried about prostate cancer can access the charity's online risk checker or ask their GP for a blood test.

Diddly Squat becomes a hit

Clarkson is best known for presenting the BBC's Top Gear and then fronting another car show, The Grand Tour, on Amazon's streaming service, before also taking the helm of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?.

Clarkson's Farm debuted in 2021. He has since become one of the most vocal critics of the government's inheritance tax plans for some farmers.

It follows the presenter and his crew as they navigate the challenges of running Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

Since running the farm in 2019 and launching his reality series, Clarkson has 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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