Jeremy Clarkson shares “aggressive” prostate cancer diagnosis

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer, ending the latest season of Clarkson’s Farm by telling viewers to “take care” in case his treatment isn’t “successful.”

In June 2025, Jeremy Clarkson urged men not to skip routine prostate checks, saying he had seen too many friends diagnosed with the disease.

“I’ve had too many friends go down with prostate cancer, and all it takes to get on top of the situation early is a moment or two of being a bit cross-eyed,” the host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire wrote in a June 2025 column for The Sunday Times. “You get the all-clear and the doc goes home happy. What’s not to like?”

Now, the 66-year-old has revealed that a checkup of his own led doctors to discover an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer at an early stage.

‘I’ve got cancer’

In the final episodes of the latest season of Clarkson’s Farm, the journalist-turned-farmer shared that after a medical examination and biopsy in 2025, he received the diagnosis.

“I’ve got cancer,” the 66-year-old told his farm manager, Kaleb Cooper, and land agent Charlie Ireland.

“I had a medical, remember, back in May? I disappeared off the other week and I had a biopsy and it is cancer, and it’s aggressive,” the former host of Top Gear explained.

Although he “wasn’t thrilled” with the diagnosis, Clarkson said doctors identified the disease at an early stage, giving him a much better chance of successful treatment.

‘This could well have been my last harvest’

Reflecting on how differently things might have turned out, Clarkson said he was fortunate the cancer was discovered before it had a chance to spread.

“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,” he told his colleagues – and his audience.

“It’s only because they did catch it early, there’s every hope that I’ll be harvesting this farm for many, many years to come.”

When Cooper asked him what type of cancer it was, he initially declined to answer: “Where it is, is of no concern to anybody.”

Later in the series, however, he revealed the cancer was found in his prostate and that surgeons had removed part of the gland during treatment.

“The prostate, 10% of it [is] dead,” Clarkson said, according to the Guardian. “The 10% where the cancer is.”

The diagnosis came on the heels of another major health scare.

‘Probably be here for a little while’

In the first episode of season five, titled “Operating,” Clarkson is seen lying in a hospital bed, recovering after heart surgery to correct blocked coronary arteries.

“I felt like a car. My fuel lines had become all clogged up and they were mending them. Easy,” Clarkson shared in an October 2024 column with The Sun.

“Sure, they said there was a 5% chance that my heart would stop but there’s a 5% chance I’ll be eaten by a lion this afternoon and I’m not worried about that.”

By the end of the season, he was once again shown recovering in a hospital bed.

“I’m going to be here for a little while. I don’t know what’s going to happen,” the Sunday Times columnist said on the show.

“So, we started season five in a hospital bed and here we are at the end of season five, I’m back in a hospital bed. Some of the treatment has gone awry, let’s say. I’ll probably be here for a little while.”

“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,” he added.

Warning to viewers

Clarkson ended the season with a message that underscored the seriousness of his condition.

Ahead of the episodes’ release, Clarkson warned fans on Instagram that the final chapters of the season would be “really, really difficult” to watch.

“Ordinarily we try to keep the show bucolic and charming and cheerful. But the final two episodes which drop in the middle of the night tonight are none of those things, really – they’re a difficult watch,” he wrote in the post that he captioned, “A announcement from Diddly Squat.”

He added: “They’re really, really difficult.”

‘Vital awareness’

Following the revelation, Prostate Cancer UK thanked Clarkson for sharing his experience publicly, saying his story could raise “vital awareness.”

“Thankfully he found the disease at an early stage, but sadly this is still not the experience of many men across the UK,” the charity wrote in a statement shared on Facebook. “Over 10,000 dads, brothers, sons and friends are diagnosed too late for a cure every year.”