It would, being Jeremy Clarkson, only be a matter of time before Clarkson’s Farm plunged its Hunter wellies down into the muck of controversy. Clarkson’s Farm-based scandals have until now been minor. He is, for example, loathed by West Oxfordshire district council for having had the temerity to open a shop there that people actually visit. In series four, which is out this week on Prime Video, he risks angering them further by forcing upon them yet another wildly successful business — this time, a gastropub.
But Clarkson’s biggest farm-related controversy has been happening off screen and this time, to a certain extent, it’s not his fault. It may not have escaped your attention that in between series three and four of Clarkson’s Farm
