Contrary to Expectations: Jeremy Clarkson Reveals the Truth About Filming Halt at Diddly Squat

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has had to stop filming Clarkson’s Farm.

The broadcaster-turned-farmer, 65, finished shooting the fifth series of the Amazon Prime show last year, set to hit screens in the coming months.

But, writing in his Sunday Times column, he said production had halted on the sixth series of the show.

“On the face of it, I’m a busy man. I have a television show to make about the farm I run,” he wrote.

“I have a brewery, a shop and a pub, and I host Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and its new spin-off series, and I write three newspaper columns every week.

“I’m therefore a one-man blizzard of productivity and action. A human whirlwind.”

He then continued: “Except I’m not. There’s no filming happening on the farm at the moment.

“Or farming. It hasn’t stopped raining since the beginning of the year, so I can’t plant anything, and I can’t do anything with my cows either because we are still locked down by TB.”

It is unknown when filming will resume.

Clarkson purchased the 1,000-acre property in Chadlington — formerly known as Curdle Hill Farm — back in 2008.

And since launching Clarkson’s Farm on Prime Video in 2021, the series has become one of the platform’s biggest non-scripted hits, praised for its mix of comedy, chaos and authentic insight into the challenges of modern British farming.

The show also turned the once-quiet village into a tourist destination, with fans regularly queueing outside the Diddly Squat Farm Shop and his nearby pub, The Farmer’s Dog, every weekend.

The upcoming fifth season will once again follow Clarkson, his partner Lisa Hogan, and farmhand Kaleb Cooper as they navigate unpredictable weather, livestock dramas and local council red tape.

In October, the TV star revealed the upcoming series of the show will be his toughest yet, describing it as “a conveyor belt of misery”.

“We finished filming the fifth series of Clarkson’s Farm this week,” he wrote.

“And I’m sure you’re hoping that when you get to see it next spring, it’ll be a comedic eight-part festival of cute animals, laughter and incomprehensible dry-stone walling. It isn’t, though.

“Because the last 12 months have been a conveyor belt of misery.”

Clarkson said the challenges ranged from personal health setbacks to difficult weather conditions and the economic impact of Rachel Reeves’ budget on the farming industry.

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