Jeremy Clarkson in ‘sombre’ announcement amid difficulties

The former Top Gear and Grand Tour host delivered the update via social media this evening (Tuesday, June 16) ahead of the release of the final two Clarkson’s Farm episodes.

The fifth series of the highly popular show premiered on June 3 and has already seen Mr Clarkson battling a major health scare and embrace high-tech farming.

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Set at his 1,000-acre Oxfordshire farm Diddly Squat, in addition the latest season has shown the television host planning for the first festive period at his pub The Farmer’s Dog.

However, the next two episodes – which will be released tonight – are set to be very downbeat.

A photo from Clarkson’s Farm series 5 (Image: Prime Video / PA)

On Instagram, he said he had “sombre news”.

He added: “Ordinarily 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.  They are a difficult watch.

“They’re really, really difficult.”

Reiterating that, the episode titles are ‘Reaping’ and ‘Sickening’ and may show the bovine TB outbreak that occurred at Diddly Squat in 2025.

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It led to the deaths of several animals.

The first series of Clarkson’s Farm premiered in 2021 and was an instant hit with viewers making stars out of its cast which include Mr Clarkson’s partner Lisa Hogan and farm assistant Kaleb Cooper.

It has been renewed for a sixth series.