Jeremy Clarkson becoming ‘man of the land’, reveals partner ahead of new Farm series

Jeremy Clarkson is seen becoming emotional in a rare moment of vulnerability after some of his piglets die in the new series of Clarkson’s Farm.

The presenter, 64, has turned to pig farming in the latest instalment of Amazon Prime’s most-watched show after the closure of his Diddly Squat restaurant.

But when things start to go wrong, sad scenes ensue. In a trailer for the third series, which launches next month, Clarkson can be seen comforting his partner of seven years, Lisa Hogan, when a piglet dies.

Hogan suggested the presenter is getting more in touch with his emotional side.

Speaking about the pigs before the series’ release next in May, Ms Hogan called the moment heartbreaking and said it was “very difficult to be unemotional about it”. She also suggested the venture has seen Clarkson getting more in touch with his emotional side

“Jeremy’s always loved pigs, I didn’t think I’d be that enamoured by pigs but I did get really close to them as people will see,” she added.

When asked if Clarkson had become softer as the series progressed, she said: “Yes, I don’t want to go against what he’s said but I definitely think he’s becoming more a man of the land than a man of the road.”

Clarkson added: “It turns out that pigs aren’t great mothers as a general rule, but the Sandy and Blacks breed that we got makes for a particularly poor mother.”

He insisted that he wanted to show farming “like it actually is” on the show, adding: “Farming doesn’t have many happy endings, as we’ve discovered.”

The third instalment begins with the news that the local council has served notice to close the farm’s pop-up restaurant and the presenter is forced to look for other revenue streams.

He then challenges his farm manager, 25-year-old Kaleb Cooper, to a competition: Cooper will attempt to make money from the farmed land, while Clarkson will use the 500 acres previously left to the wild.

The former Top Gear presenter is shown trying his hand at various different enterprises, including making jam from blackberries by picking them from bushes with the help of a vacuum cleaner.

Animals become your friends

He also takes delivery of some goats to clear areas of shrubland on the Cotswolds farm.

Ms Hogan said: “Farming’s just sad. The animals become your friends and you’re isolated – there are certain farms that are really isolated – and the animals become your family. When they become unwell you’re losing members of your animal family.”

The series also sees Cooper promoted to farm manager, but he insisted that he still butts heads with the presenter in a loving way.

He said: “I think in this series we have probably our biggest ever argument. But don’t get me wrong, I love the man. I think when you’re good friends with someone, and you have that amazing chemistry, it makes everything easier.”

The series launches on Prime Video on May 3.