Jeremy Clarkson shares 'disaster' on farm as he moans 'there hasn't been one normal year'

TV star Jeremy Clarkson has admitted parts of running a farm are a "disaster" as there hasn't been one normal year since he took control of the Diddly Squat farm operations.

The former Top Gear presenter first purchased the premises in Oxfordshire in 2008 but didn't start running it himself until 2019.

He has since allowed cameras onto the property to film day-to-day life as he tries his hand at running the 1,000 acre farm with the help of a range of experts.

The fourth series of the hugely successful Amazon Prime show Clarkson's Farm aired earlier this year but it has been far from plain sailing. He told The Telegraph: "We are gifted every year by something. Year one we had Covid in the middle of it. Nobody could have seen that coming.

"Year two, West Oxfordshire Council became a little bit difficult and gave us a really good story beat (they banned him from setting up a restaurant on the farm), nobody could have seen that one coming.

"Then there was (year) three, when all the pigs died. Then in year four it simply didn't stop raining. This year it hasn't started. There hasn't been one normal year."

"Sometimes you think, OK, this is an unbelievable disaster, but on the other hand it will amuse the viewers. But it's not like The Grand Tour, where you'd set things up."

Earlier this year Jeremy announced that there has been an outbreak on TB (bovine tuberculosis) on his Diddly Squat Farm. He announced to Times Radio that a vet had made the distressing discovery.

He later took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote: "Bad news from Diddly Squat. We've gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated."

It is believed that as a result of the outbreak, at least one animal - a cow pregnant with twins - sadly had to be culled to prevent the disease spreading further.

Meanwhile, it was recently announced that Jeremy has parted ways with hisThe Grand Tour co-stars Richard Hammond and James May for good.

The trio rose to fame when they began presenting the BBC's flagship car show Top Gear in 2002. Their joint television ventures were managed by W Chump and Sons, which has been active since 2015 with Andy Wilman at the helm as their producer.

Documents filed at Companies House this month revealed the "voluntary winding up" of the company, which closed with a little more than £24 million in its accounts. That would result in just over £6 million each if the pot is split equally among the four men.

Jeremy is set to return to TV screens this evening (Friday, September 19) as he hosts Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Celebrity Special as TV presenter Steph McGovern and former football Dion Dublin try their luck at winning the £1 million for their chosen charities.