‘I like to think it has altered the way people think about farming’

Jeremy Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper embrace the evolution of farming in the fifth series of Prime Video's Clarkson's Farm.

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Since Jeremy Clarkson invited cameras onto his 1,000-acre farm in the Cotswolds, he has been praised for educating viewers about the British farming industry.

From the genuine financial and bureaucratic struggles to adjusting to climate change, the 66-year-old former Top Gear presenter and farm manager, Kaleb Cooper, 27, who is Clarkson's trusted agricultural advisor, has also sparked a massive surge in young people joining agricultural groups.

In May 2024, Clarkson - also the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - challenged government planning reforms, to allow more farmers to convert agricultural buildings into homes and shops.

In series five of Clarkson's Farm, Clarkson has a major health scare and is instructed to take a step back from work on the farm. But with the farming community marching in protest of the government's budget, this proves to be very difficult.

Clarkson also decides to welcome EasyCare sheep, a new breed which require minimal shepherding and veterinary care and even shed their own fleece in the summer, and upgrade Diddly Squat Farm with hi-tech gear, and takes a rather baffled Cooper on his first-ever trip abroad to see how it's done.

Leaving robot tractors in charge, all is well for a while, until things turn dark, chaos erupts, and bad luck strikes from every direction.

Ahead of the release, Clarkson and Cooper discuss how the farm has evolved.