{"id":437919,"date":"2025-09-20T06:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T06:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/437919\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T06:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T06:35:16","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-opens-up-on-disaster-at-diddly-squat-farm-that-nobody-saw-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/437919\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson opens up on &#8216;disaster&#8217; at Diddly Squat Farm that &#8216;nobody saw coming&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth series of the hugely popular Amazon Prime show Clarkson&#8217;s Farm was broadcast earlier this year and highlights some of the challenges Jeremy has faced<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2_MAINSOCIAL.jpg\" alt=\"The latest knockback Jeremy had to face came as an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis (TB) \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The latest knockback Jeremy had to face came as an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis (TB) (Image: Prime Video)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Television personality <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/jeremy-clarkson\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremy Clarkson <\/a>has admitted that certain parts of managing a farm have been a &#8220;disaster,&#8221; as he hasn&#8217;t experienced a single normal year since taking charge of operations at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/farming\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Diddly Squat Farm.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The star experienced immense stress during filming of season four of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/clarksons-farm\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Clarkson&#8217;s Farm<\/a>, where he tackled various challenges of opening The Farmer&#8217;s Dog pub, navigating constant hurdles and red tape. And operations on the farm have been anything but smooth sailing over the last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The fourth series of the hugely popular Amazon Prime show Clarkson&#8217;s Farm was broadcast earlier this year and highlights some of the challenges Jeremy has faced. The latest knockback Jeremy had to face came as an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis (TB) hit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/diddly-squat-farm\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Diddly Squat Farm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_Can-ewe-believe-it-Clarksons-Farm-star-Harriet-Cowan-was-sifting-through-sheep-poo-after-NTAs.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy has had a tough year\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Jeremy has had a tough year but he tries to see the positive and ploughs on with his farming (Image: Jam Press\/@jeremyclarkson1)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/man-found-dead-almost-24-35935018\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Man found dead almost 24 hours after horror plane crash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/two-pedestrians-seriously-injured-after-35935058\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Two pedestrians seriously injured after crash involving police vehicle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">He told Times Radio that a vet had made the devastating discovery. He subsequently posted on X (formerly Twitter), stating: &#8220;Bad news from Diddly Squat. We&#8217;ve gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Speaking to The Telegraph, he said: &#8220;We are gifted every year by something. Year one we had Covid in the middle of it. Nobody could have seen that coming.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758350116_859_0_National-Television-Awards-2025-Show.jpg\" alt=\"Kit Lynch Robinson, Lisa Hogan, Jeremy Clarkson and Harriet Cowan accept the 'Factual Entertainment' Award for 'Clarkson's Farm' during the NTA's 2025 \" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Kit Lynch Robinson, Lisa Hogan, Jeremy Clarkson and Harriet Cowan accept the &#8216;Factual Entertainment&#8217; Award for &#8216;Clarkson&#8217;s Farm&#8217; during the NTA&#8217;s 2025 (Image: Getty Images for the NTA&#8217;s)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;Year two, West Oxfordshire Council became a little bit difficult and gave us a really good story beat. They banned me from setting up a restaurant on the farm. Nobody could have seen that one coming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;Then there was year three, when all the pigs died. Then in year four it simply didn&#8217;t stop raining. This year it hasn&#8217;t started. There hasn&#8217;t been one normal year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;Sometimes you think, OK, this is an unbelievable disaster, but on the other hand it will amuse the viewers. But it&#8217;s not like The Grand Tour, where you&#8217;d set things up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Clarkson\u2019s Farm is available to watch on Prime Video and Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales is free to stream on the Channel 4 website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Like this story? 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