Jeremy Clarkson in remission after 'aggressive' prostate cancer diagnosis
Jeremy Clarkson revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis in the season five finale of Clarkson's Farm.
Jeremy Clarkson is in remission days after he revealed he had been battling an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer.
In the season five finale of the 66-year-old's Amazon Prime Video series, Clarkson's Farm, he revealed he was diagnosed in May 2025 and had to undergo treatment for a malignant tumour in his prostate in August that year.
It ended on a dramatic cliffhanger with Jeremy in a hospital bed, 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."
Now, in an interview with The Times, the TV star declared himself "the world's luckiest man" after a follow-up Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test two months ago showed no indication of cancer, meaning he is in remission.
Jeremy added: "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."
The former Top Gear host stressed: "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."
Jeremy - who still needs regular blood tests and monitoring, and is remaining positive and hopeful the cancer will not return - moved viewers to tears when he shared his diagnosis in the final two episodes of Clarkson's Farm series five.
During a discussion about harvesting with co-stars Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland, he said: "I’ve got cancer."
A stunned Kaleb replies: "No, you haven’t. Where?"
Jeremy added: "Where it is is of no concern of anybody. I’ve known since May.
"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."
Kaleb told his pals: "Look after yourself, you go and do... if you need anything just ring."
Later in the programme, Jeremy reflects on the diagnosis during a chat with his co-stars, including girlfriend Lisa Hogan.
He said: "So we started the year, and I had coronary heart disease, and ended it with me having cancer.
"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."
Kaleb asked: "When will we know if the treatment has worked?"
Jeremy 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.”
Later in the episode, there is footage of Jeremy, who previously had a heart scare, which was documented in series five's first episode, in a hospital bed.
He said: "So we started season five with me in a hospital bed, and we are at the end of season five, and I’m back in a hospital bed.
"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."
The Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? presenter added: "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."
Jeremy told The Times how being readmitted to hospital for another procedure - which he described as "spectacularly painful" - was because he resumed a course of tablets he had been taking for his earlier vascular and cardiac problems without asking his doctors first.
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 then 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."
Season six of Clarkson's Farm is set to air in 2027.
