{"id":352538,"date":"2026-06-18T00:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=352538"},"modified":"2026-06-18T00:32:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:02:47","slug":"british-presenter-jeremy-clarkson-reveals-cancer-diagnosis-on-his-tv-show-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/british-presenter-jeremy-clarkson-reveals-cancer-diagnosis-on-his-tv-show-national\/","title":{"rendered":"British presenter Jeremy Clarkson reveals cancer diagnosis on his TV show &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>British TV presenter and media personality Jeremy Clarkson, best known for hosting the motoring shows <em>Top Gear<\/em> and <em>The Grand Tour<\/em>, has revealed he has been diagnosed with an aggressive type of prostate \u200bcancer.<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson, 66, certainly one of the U.K.\u2019s most well-known and high-profile TV figures, shared the news during filming of his hit Amazon show\u00a0<em>Clarkson\u2019s Farm,<\/em> in episodes that aired on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got cancer,\u201d Clarkson told two of the show\u2019s other major characters in a sombre scene shot last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u200bhad a medical, remember, back in May? I disappeared off the opposite week \u200band I had a biopsy and it&#8217;s cancer, and it\u2019s aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson revealed that the cancer was caught early and that he had since undergone a procedure to remove 10 per cent of his prostate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf I hadn\u2019t have gotten myself checked out and \u200bthey hadn\u2019t caught the issue early, this might well have been my last harvest,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s only because they did catch it early, there\u2019s every hope that I\u2019ll be harvesting this farm for a lot of, \u200ba few years to return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZp7njIsYtb\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram video<\/a> posted Tuesday, ahead of the episodes airing, Clarkson warned viewers they were in for a \u201cdifficult watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get each day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get each day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOrdinarily, we try to maintain the show bucolic, charming and cheerful,\u201d \u200che \u2060said. \u201cBut the ultimate two episodes, which drop in the course of the night tonight, are \u2026 they\u2019re none of those things, really,\u201d he told his followers.<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson, a controversial figure, found global fame as\u00a0certainly one of three presenters of the BBC\u2019s <em>Top Gear,<\/em> which he fronted for 13 years alongside James May and Richard Hammond, but lost his job after he punched a member of the production team in 2015. The trio then moved to Amazon, where they hosted <em>The Grand Tour, <\/em>which ran from 2016 to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He subsequently began \u200bmaking his \u2060successful documentary-style series <em>Clarkson\u2019s Farm<\/em>, also on Amazon, which follows his often haphazard and comedic foray into operating Diddly Squat Farm just outside the idyllic English village of Chadlington, Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Diddly Squat Farm Shop near Chipping Norton belonging to TV star Jeremy Clarkson.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJames D. Morgan \/\/ Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Trending<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>His partner, Lisa, who runs the farm\u2019s shop, and several other recurring characters have gained popularity among the many British public for his or her humorous squabbles, tendency to muddle through the challenges of farming and bureaucracy, and heartfelt connection to the farm\u2019s animals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The shop is very popular and commonly attracts large crowds, who often line up outside. Clarkson also owns and operates a pub in the world called the Farmer\u2019s Dog that serves food, drinks and ingredients exclusively grown or raised in Britain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tCustomers queue outside the Diddly Squat Farm Shop, near Chipping Norton, belonging to TV star Jeremy Clarkson in Chipping Norton, Oxford, England, on Aug. 13, 2022.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJames D. Morgan \/\/ Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Addressing his diagnosis from a hospital bed through the final episode of Season 5, he said: \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to occur. But look, what I desired to say was: \u2060if \u200bthat is all successful, I\u2019ll see you for Season 6, and \u200bif it isn\u2019t, I won\u2019t. Take care, everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014\u00a0with files from Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British TV presenter and media personality Jeremy Clarkson, best known for hosting the motoring shows Top Gear and The Grand Tour, has revealed he has been diagnosed with an aggressive type of prostate \u200bcancer. 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