The programme follows the former Top Gear presenter’s attempts to run Diddly Squat Farm, a 1,000‑acre holding near Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds.

Having debuted in 2021, the Prime Video show documents everything from livestock and crop failures to red tape, planning rows and village tensions.

Viewers also see the day‑to‑day realities of modern agriculture through local characters including contractor Kaleb Cooper and land agent Charlie Ireland.

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Filmed on location in West Oxfordshire, the show has helped turn Diddly Squat into a tourist attraction and sparked national debate about farming policy.

The fifth series of Clarkson’s Farm was released on Prime Video this week.

Four new episodes were released today (Wednesday, June 3), and Mr Clarkson had to make a tough choice at the end of the fourth episode.

The 66-year-old, who has often described his pigs as his favourite part of life at Diddly Squat, has been forced to part with the animals after facing up to the economics of the farm.

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A butcher warned him that the herd was not yielding enough meat to make financial sense, leaving Mr Clarkson with little option but to let them go, a decision that clearly hit him hard.

By the end of episode four, he explained to viewers that he had a task he was “dreading” because his much‑loved pigs were failing to produce sufficient meat.

“I had known there was only one option,” he admitted.

He told land agent Mr Ireland: “I love the pigs, I have absolutely… I have just been delighted every day I’m down there.

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“They make my heart sing, I’m so happy. But we are running a business here, and they make no financial sense at all.”

All of the pigs ultimately had to be sent away.

“The difference this time, though, is that there would be no new piglets to replace them,” he reinforced.

Mr Clarkson appeared visibly shaken as the animals were loaded into a trailer ready to leave the farm, and “in tears”, as reported by several publications.

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“It was even harder to say goodbye to the next group,” he added, noting that this batch included one of the original sows they had bought three years earlier.

“It’s for the better good,” Mr Cooper assured him, to which Mr Clarkson replied: “It’s still f****** sad.”

“As long as you cry once I’ve left,” the trailer driver Jess said, and Jeremy quickly replied: “I’m not going to cry.”

“Are you sure?” she asked.

BBC Director of Comedy Jon Petrie has announced that he is leaving the corporation to take up a new post as Creative Director at Hat Trick Productions.

Mr Petrie, who took on the BBC comedy brief in 2021, has overseen a slate ranging from Alma’s Not Normal, Amandaland, Black Ops, Death Valley, Dreaming Whilst Black and Juice.

These also included Small Prophets, Smoggie Queens, Such Brave Girls, Things You Should Have Done and We Might Regret This, Ghosts, Here We Go and the record‑breaking Gavin and Stacey: The Finale.

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Ludwig is another of the shows overseen by Mr Petrie as director, and has been a huge hit for the BBC.

The channel has announced that season two of the show, set in Cambridge starring Peep Show actor David Mitchell, is due to be screened later this year, but has not yet provided any dates.

David Mitchell will return as John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor, while Anna Maxwell Martin will also be back as his sister-in-law, Lucy Betts-Taylor.

Best known for his role in the comedy Peep Show, David Mitchell grew up in Headington and was a pupil at Abingdon School.

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He also worked for Oxford University Press as a general dogsbody and proofreader, but was rejected from Merton College, instead studying at Cambridge.

Series one of the detective drama was a hit in 2024, becoming the channel’s biggest new scripted show since 2022. It attracted more than 9.5 million viewers across 28 days.

During his time in post, Mr Petrie also launched the BBC Comedy Festival, which has just celebrated its fifth edition in Liverpool.

Reflecting on his decision, he said: “Leaving the BBC after five brilliant years is a huge wrench.

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“It is an extraordinary place, full of wildly talented, decent and funny people, and I feel incredibly lucky to have worked under Kate Phillips’ leadership.

“Hat Trick is the OG of the independent production community, and taking on the role of Creative Director feels like a rare and properly exciting opportunity.

“I grew up seeing that logo at the end of shows I loved, which is both exciting and a fairly brutal reminder of my age.

“Jimmy and the team have a genuinely forward-looking vision across scripted, short form and AI, and while I know it is a tricky time to turn from gamekeeper to poacher, I’ve missed production, and I firmly believe British comedy still has huge opportunities ahead of it. I’m excited to help build what comes next.”

Sharon Morgan from Banbury had always been active and kept fit through swimming and cycling before her operation.

As the pain in her right knee became worse, her everyday life became restricted, leaving her to have a total right knee replacement at Nordorthopaedics in Lithuania last November.

The 62-year-old said: “I could barely stand for more than five minutes and struggled going up and down stairs.

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Banbury grandmother Sharon Morgan won a triathlon just six months after undergoing knee surgery. (Image: Sharon Morgan)

“My limited mobility even made playing with my grandchildren very difficult. Along with the pain, the constant knee stiffness and frequent seizing were frustrating, and I couldn’t sleep at night.

“That’s when I decided it was time for surgery.”

One of the most emotional moments came during Sharon’s recovery in Kaunas, after she had stopped using crutches and was walking through the city centre.

“I became aware that I was actually walking like a normal person, upright, eyes up and looking at my surroundings,” she said.

“I found this to be a very emotional moment as the realisation swept over me that this had been a positive decision and that I was on the road to a new chapter bringing me closer to normality.”

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Banbury grandmother Sharon Morgan won a triathlon just six months after undergoing knee surgery. (Image: Sharon Morgan)

Even before travelling to Lithuania, Sharon had set herself the challenge of competing in a triathlon, because although she could swim and cycle, she had not run for 40 years.

On Sunday, May 24, six months after her knee replacement, she completed a triathlon race in Spain after training in swimming, cycling and following a couch to 5km running programme.

“I was so surprised by how strong my knee was and how well it stood up to the demands of the event,” Sharon reacted.

“I still pinch myself that I can now do these sorts of events, which I gave up some years ago. The most amazing thing of all… I came first in my age group!

“Who would have thought that after all this time, you can still do it if you put your mind and heart into it.”

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Banbury grandmother Sharon Morgan won a triathlon just six months after undergoing knee surgery. (Image: Sharon Morgan)

Modern triathlon is a relatively young sport, with its first recognised swim-bike-run race staged by the San Diego Track Club in California in September 1974 as an alternative to traditional track training.

That Mission Bay event saw athletes complete a short run, bike and swim in succession, and it quickly caught on with endurance enthusiasts in the United States and then Europe.

The format grew rapidly through the late 1970s and 1980s, helped in part by the creation of the gruelling Ironman race in Hawaii in 1978, which combined a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and a full marathon run.

Triathlon’s first world governing body, the International Triathlon Union, was formed in France in 1989 and went on to standardise the now-familiar Olympic distance of a 1.5km swim, 40km bike and 10km run.

The sport made its Olympic debut at the Sydney Games in 2000 and has since expanded to include events such as paratriathlon and mixed team relay on the world stage.