Jeremy Clarkson shares devastating cancer diagnosis in Clarksonâs Farm episode
Jeremy Clarkson has told his loved ones about his cancer diagnosis while filming Clarksonâs Farm and shared that there had been complications during treatment â the star has known about the news since May
TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer. During the latest episode of his TV show Clarksonâs Farm, the 66-year-old was seen sharing the news with those closest to him.
Clarkson discussed the harvest with farm manager Charlie Ireland and farm hand Kaleb Cooper when he suddenly revealed his health update. He told the pair: âIâve got cancer. Iâve known since Mayâ
âI had a medical, you remember back in May. I disappeared off the other week and I had a biopsy and it is cancer and itâs aggressive, but itâs really early so the treatment will be, you know.â
The latest series of Clarksonâs Farm was filmed from late 2024 to September 2025. After his initial surgery, he told Kaleb that he had â10 per centâ of his prostate removed via ultrasound. âThe prostate, 10 per cent of itâs dead,â he said. âThe 10 per cent where the cancer is.â
Jeremy then said that he is âfine standing upâ after the surgery, but sitting on a tractor is uncomfortable. He later reflected on the year with Charlie, Kaleb, Gerald Cooper and his girlfriend, Lisa Hogan.
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âSo we started the year and I had coronary heart disease and ended it with me with cancer,â he said. âWe 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.â
The star went on to say that he was going for blood tests. He subsequently added: âCome on cheer up, it probably did work.â
The former Top Gear host ends the season speaking from a hospital bed. He shared that complications had arisen during his treatment. âSo we started season five with me in a hospital bed and we are at the end of season five and Iâm back in a hospital bed.â
He ended the series by telling viewers: âWhat I wanted to say was if this is all successful Iâll see you for season six and if it isnât I wonât. Take care everyone,â he said.
Before the two latest episodes dropped in the middle of the night on Wednesday morning, Jeremy had told his Instagram followers that they should expect a âreally, really difficult watchâ.
Clearly emotional and holding back the tears, he said in his upload: âOrdinarily we try to keep the show bucolic and charming and cheerful. But the final two episodes which drop in the middle of the night tonight are none of those things really. Theyâre a difficult watch. Theyâre really, really, difficult.â
Earlier this year, Jeremy had hinted that bad news would be aired in the new series. He told The Sun at the time: âAnyone who thinks season five of Clarksonâs Farm is a barrel of laughs is in for serious disappointment.â
Production of the next series is now expected to be put on hold so Jeremy has time to recover. Since deciding to run his farm in 2019 and subsequently launching his popular reality series, he has become a vocal supporter of farmers and attended a protest in London against the Governmentâs move to introduce inheritance tax on farmland in November 2024. The sixth series of the show is due to air in 2027.
The latest health worry comes following a difficult number of years for the star. In 2024, he had been rushed to hospital after suffering chest pains. At the time, doctors found that one of his arteries was âcompletely blockedâ. Itâs said Jeremy had been âdays from deathâ.
Thankfully, surgeons inserted a stent to help resolve the issue. Jeremy had said he first felt unwell in 2024 following a swim in the Indian Ocean while on holiday.
On his return to Blighty, the star said his condition suddenly deteriorated. While a heart attack was ruled out, he had to undergo the life-saving surgery.
He wrote in his column for the Sunday Times at the time that âof the arteries feeding my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading that way.â


