Jeremy Clarkson is best known for his automotive exploits. Be it on Top Gear or The Grand Tour, he’s always alongside his co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May. But he’s no stranger to presenting solo, with treats such as “Clarkson’s Motorworld” and “Inventions That Changed The World”.
And with the release of the first trailer for “Clarkson’s Farm” on Amazon Prime, we’re already looking forward to a different style of hijinks and japery.
In the new series, fast cars and flying around the world have been replaced with a love for the great outdoors and sticking to a patch of 1000 acres. It follows Clarkson’s exploits as he learns how to manage the perhaps aptly named the Diddly Squat Farm. In the trailer, we see him piloting a Lamborghini tractor, being kicked by a sheep, and coming to terms with salmonella testing.
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“Jeremy Clarkson is a journalist, a broadcaster, and a man who travels the world to slide sideways in supercars while shouting,” says Amazon. “He is not a farmer, which is unfortunate because he’s bought a 1000-acre farm in the English countryside and decided to run it himself, despite knowing nothing whatsoever about farming”.
In addition to getting to grips with the intricacies of country living, Clarkson and the production team also had to deal with the worst farming weather in decades, as well as the disruptive force that is the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking to Drivetribe earlier this year, Clarkson said: “I’m looking forward to people’s reactions to it because it’s like nothing I’ve done before. Nobody falls over, nobody catches fire, nobody explodes. It’s a quiet genteel look at how farming is done and how I react to it. It’s a nice program. And there are some amazing facts about farming.” Clarkson’s farm will be released on Friday, June 11 on Amazon Prime Video.