Clarkson’s Farm is usually a quality source of free-range laughs. Over the last five years, we’ve watched Jeremy Clarkson’s calamitous attempts at running his own farm – from being ganged up on by a herd of aggressive cows and squabbling with farm hand Kaleb Cooper, to buying a Lamborghini tractor that wouldn’t fit in his barn.
Today’s finale, though, had a markedly different tone. Viewers will have been blindsided by Clarkson’s revelation that he’d been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer, with highly personal scenes showing the star receiving treatment in a hospital bed.
