Jeremy Clarkson has heaped praise on his former employers, sharing an honest review of the BBC daytime show This Farming Life. The heartwarming documentary series has been running since 2016 and chronicles the lives of families running farms in remote, beautiful locations across Scotland and Northern Ireland. It explores the emotional and financial struggles, such as harsh weather, lambing season, and financial risks, along with the triumphs of agricultural life.
The long-running show returned to the airwaves for the eighth instalment, which has been praised by fans online. And it appears as though they aren’t the only ones, as the Clarkson’s Farm star took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to share his feedback online.
He penned: “Hats off to the BBC. This Farming Life is properly good television.” It didn’t take long before his followers flocked to the comments to share their support online.
One user pointed out: “It’s been going on for several years now” to which the dad-of-three replied: “I know. I love it.” Another chimed in with: “I’m watching because of this tweet. Thank you. Great show.”
The broadcaster replied: “There’s no political b******s. Beautifully put together.” Meanwhile, one loyal supporter argued: “Clarkson’s Farm [is the] G.O.A.T” to which Clarkson agreed: “Yes. We are better than they are. But they’re still very good.”
It comes after the motoring journalist shared bad news about the Amazon Prime show with his fans. The star was forced to halt filming for his sixth season of the hit show due to the bad weather.
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The series follows Clarkson, his partner Lisa Hogan, farmer Kaleb Cooper and their team as they work on Diddly Squat Farm and pub The Farmer’s Dog. The fifth series is set to return later this year, with filming wrapping in September last year.
Clarkson shared the bad news in his column for The Sunday Times, writing: “On the face of it, I’m a busy man. I have a television show to make about the farm I run. 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. 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 has not yet been announced when filming will resume. But Lisa has shared some exciting news which is sure to feature on the sixth series, as the farm prepares to welcome some new additions.
