“Reports of Jeremy Clarkson’s cancellation have been greatly exaggerated,” said Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph. Yes, TV companies have made vague noises about not renewing his contracts after his controversial column about the Duchess of Sussex in The Sun; but for now, at least, “he’s back with a new series of Clarkson’s Farm (Amazon Prime Video), being as defiantly Jeremy Clarkson-ish as ever”.
The show is unscripted, but does have rather a “stagey feel” this time round. Even so, it makes for “thoroughly enjoyable viewing”.
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This season does seem “slightly artificial”, agreed Nick Hilton in The Independent. But Clarkson is “a terrifically articulate” advocate for farmers, and provides a “hands-on perspective” here. Those with “a low Clarkson-tolerance” may not be charmed, as the show is full of “blokey pomposity”, but this is “delicious” TV.
And when it’s funny, it really is “very funny”, said Jack Seale in The Guardian. There is endless mileage in Clarkson and Kaleb’s “odd-couple” dynamic; and Gerald, the dry-stone-wall expert, is “a gift from the sitcom gods”. It all adds up to “grand-scale pottering” that’s deeply comforting to watch.
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