Jeremy Clarkson ‘could cryogenically freeze’ himself amid cancer

The 66-year-old broke the news during the latest series of his hit Amazon show, filmed at Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton in West Oxfordshire.

In one emotional scene of season five, Mr Clarkson quietly told farm manager Kaleb Cooper and land agent Charlie Ireland: “I’ve got cancer”.

The former Top Gear host explained that the disease had been caught early, but described the treatment as intense and, at times, difficult.

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He went on to say that around “10 per cent” of his prostate was affected and that some of the treatment had “gone a bit awry”.

Recently speaking to The Times, Mr Clarkson was asked whether his brush with serious illness had changed the way he thinks about money and tax planning.

He has been a vocal critic of Labour’s proposed inheritance tax changes, which he fears could push some farming families into selling their land to cover large tax bills.

Under current rules, one option to avoid a hefty charge is for farmers to transfer land, buildings, livestock and machinery to their children at least seven years before they die.

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Mr Clarkson said he had no intention of giving Chancellor Rachel Reeves the satisfaction of a bigger tax take and joked that he had already come up with a solution.

“That’s easily dealt with,” he said, smiling.

He then explained that his tongue-in-cheek plan was to cheat the taxman by “cheating death” through cryogenics.

“In a word, cryogenics,” added Mr Clarkson.

“Emily, my eldest daughter, said to me the other day, ‘Don’t worry, you will survive seven years. You might be in a freezer, but you’ll survive.’”