The truth about Clarkson’s Farm’s release date: Producers respond with four words that dash fans’ hopes?
A Clarkson’s Farm boss has shared a devastating update on the Amazon Prime Video favourite as he admitted that at some point the team will have to say: “We end this now.” Jeremy Clarkson will return for series five as early as next month, and recently stated he would only proceed with the now-confirmed sixth series if “there was a good story” to centre on.
Speculation has be rife among fans, with many thinking that the fifth series will signal its conclusion as viewers have noticed several hints suggesting the programme is nearing its finale. Looking forward, producer Andy Wilman, Clarkson’s long-standing collaborator, has confirmed that the Prime Video series has a limited lifespan and will only persist as long as Clarkson wishes it to. Andy stated that the future of the programme hinges on whether Jeremy had fresh ideas for another series.
He also shared that the contracted arrangement with Prime Video was conducted on a “rolling basis”.
The show boss explained: “You’ve got to remember this is Jeremy’s show, it’s not like mine and his or his and Richard’s, it’s his baby and if at the end of a series, he can think of something he wants to do for another series, then he’ll do it.
“But if he can’t think of anything to do or say, then that would be the end of it – it hasn’t happened yet but that’s the agreement he has with Amazon that we do it all on a rolling basis.”
He went on: “You can’t have that thing where you have done one series too many and people say, ‘That’s b******* now, it’s a busted flush. So you have to discipline yourself to say, ‘We end this now while we still have an audience.’
“Every series we have is a bonus and we have to treat it like the Grand Tour, that every series we have is a bonus – and each time we’re thinking we’re in uncharted territory with the farming show. It’s the most joyous thing to edit.”
He added: “This is our third big show – Top Gear kind of got ended for us, I can’t say that was a plan.
“The Grand Tour, we brought that to an end, we planned that – we thought we have to land the plane while we’re still in the air and dignified and we’ve still got an audience.”