Jeremy Clarkson, 66, reveals he is in remission after being diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer as he says he’s the ‘world’s luckiest man’

Jeremy Clarkson has said that he is now in remission after revealing last week that he had been battling ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer. 

In the series five finale of Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy, 66, revealed he had been diagnosed and had to undergo treatment for a malignant tumour in his prostate last August.

The final episode concluded with the presenter telling viewers: ‘If this is all successful I’ll see you for season six and if it isn’t I won’t. Take care everyone.’ 

He revealed on the series, filmed from late 2024 to September 2025, how he had been diagnosed in May last year, and told farm pal Kaleb Cooper that 10 per cent of his prostate ‘where the cancer is’ is ‘dead’. 

He began treatment and underwent an operation in August, before being rushed back to hospital in dramatic scenes which marked the end of the series. 

But now in a new interview he has spoken about how he is moving on with life now he is in remission.

Jeremy Clarkson has said that he is now in remission after revealing last week that he had been battling ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer 

In the series five finale of Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy, 66, revealed he had been diagnosed and had to undergo treatment for a malignant tumour in his prostate last August

He told The Times: ‘I am without a doubt, officially, the world’s luckiest man. It was an aggressive type of cancer. It could have spread, it could have gone into the pancreas, it could have gone anywhere, and that would have been trouble.

‘This is why I have to say to everybody who’s reading this, please, please, please go and get checked. It’s not uncomfortable, it’s not undignified. And it’s a no-brainer. 

‘I did, and that’s why I’m sitting here talking to you 11 months down the line. I’ve seen so many people die of cancer. It doesn’t bear thinking about what it must be like to live knowing that an illness is going to kill you.’

A follow-up PSA test two months ago revealed no indication of cancer and now he is officially in remission.

He also issued an update on his Instagram account on Saturday night, telling his followers: ‘Hello there! Now the more observant among you will notice that I’m not dead…

‘And I’m not just not dead, I’m perfectly fine. And the reason that I am fine is because the doctors caught the prostate cancer early and they caught it early because I got tested.

‘And I know a lot of you will think you don’t want to get tested but it’s just a blood test these days. And if you go to your doctor and they say you don’t have any symptoms and you’re not in a high risk category then just lie. Say that you have to get up 32 times in the night for a wee.

‘Because thousands of man die every year in the UK from prostate cancer. Don’t be one of them. Get tested.’ 

Earlier this week it was revealed that Jeremy is back filming series six of Clarkson’s Farm. 

Fans of the hit Amazon Prime show will be delighted to hear the presenter is back in front of the camera after the future of Clarkson’s Farm was thrown into doubt by his diagnosis.

The presenter was seen with the Amazon Prime camera crew at Diddly Squat Farm last week as he hosted the UK arable trade show, Cereals. 

Joined by his team Kaleb, Charlie Ireland and girlfriend Lisa Hogan, Diddly Squat saw a record-breaking crowd of over 25,000 visitors turn up to the farm to take in the 650 industry exhibitors.

A source told The Sun: ‘He made his way around the crowd stopping to chat with everyone. He was laughing and joking with other farmers – he even gave a speech.

‘There were cameras and crew present filming the scenes.’

He also issued an update on his Instagram account on Saturday night, telling his followers: ‘Hello there! Now the more observant among you will notice that I’m not dead…’

He added: ‘And I’m not just not dead, I’m perfectly fine. And the reason that I am fine is because the doctors caught the prostate cancer early and they caught it early because I got tested’

The final episode concluded with the presenter telling viewers: ‘If this is all successful I’ll see you for season six and if it isn’t I won’t. Take care everyone’ (seen with partner Lisa Hogan) 

He revealed on the series, filmed from late 2024 to September 2025, how he had been diagnosed in May last year, and told farm pal Kaleb Cooper that 10 per cent of his prostate ‘where the cancer is’ is ‘dead’

After series five was filmed, Jeremy revealed season six had been commissioned in his Sunday Times column. 

He wrote: ‘Season five will air this year and season six has been commissioned and will air in summer 2027.’ 

Jeremy also said he will stop doing Clarkson’s Farm when he has run out of ideas – with even a seventh series possible as he has two ‘quite good’ ideas for what to focus on in each series. 

Fans were moved to tears when Jeremy shared his diagnosis in the final two episodes of the fifth season of Clarkson’s Farm.

Clarkson was talking about plans for the upcoming harvest with Kaleb and Charlie when the broadcaster dropped the bombshell news on them.

The father-of-three said he had been diagnosed with an ‘aggressive’ form of cancer and would have to take time off during the harvest.

While telling Kaleb and Charlie the news, Clarkson said: ‘I had a medical, you remember back in May. I disappeared off the other week and I had a biopsy and it is cancer and it’s aggressive, but it’s really early so the treatment will be, you know. 

‘I was praying we could get the harvest done and then I could go and get some treatment but it’s going to be slap bang in the middle.’

The farm faced a desperate race to harvest its barley and wheat before his treatment, with matters complicated by Kaleb’s wife being due to give birth to the couple’s third child. 

Clarkson hails early detection and intervention as the ‘only reason there is any hope’.

‘If I hadn’t have got myself checked out and they hadn’t caught the problem early this could well have been my last harvest. It’s only because they did catch it early there’s any hope. I’ll be harvesting this farm for many, many years to come,’ he said.

In a later scene, the presenter said he was given just six days notice ahead of his operation, which took place at a hospital in London on August 4. 

In scenes filmed the day before, Clarkson looked nervous as he and Lisa left the farm. ‘I’ll see you on the flip side,’ he told Kaleb.

In what were originally the final scenes of the series, Clarkson tells Lisa, Kaleb, Charlie and Gerald: ‘So we started the year and I had coronary heart disease and ended it with me with cancer.’

He continued: ‘We can dwell as much as we like on all the bad things that have happened on the farm but I think it is better now at the end of the year to focus on things that have happened that are good.’

When asked by Kaleb when they will know if the treatments have worked on the cancer, he replied: ‘I don’t know, I’ve got a blood test today, there’ll be a blood test and then we’ll know.

‘Not for another few weeks. Come on cheer up, it probably did work.’

Clarkson revealed that filming had wrapped after the fireside chat, but matters changed after he was rushed back to hospital. The final episode cut to an ambulance with blue lights, and then the presenter in a hospital bed, where he reveals things haven’t gone completely to plan.

He said: ‘Some of the treatment has gone awry, let’s say, I’m going to be here for a little while. I’m nil by mouth, I don’t know what’s going to happen.

‘What I wanted to say was if this is all successful I’ll see you for season six and if it isn’t I won’t. Take care everyone.’

In his new interview with The Times he told how the hiccup was caused by him resuming a course of tablets he had been taking for his earlier vascular and cardiac problems. 

He said: ‘That was horrific and it was all my own fault. I’d been on drugs for heart issues and I had to come off them during the cancer treatment. Two or three weeks after the cancer operation, I thought I’d better put myself back on those blood thinners. Big mistake, huge.’

It resulted in the emergency dash to the hospital for another procedure to sort things out which he has described as ‘spectacularly painful’.