Jeremy Clarkson stepped into comfort Kaleb Cooper in upcoming scenes of Clarkson’s Farm after he realised the rapeseed crop he had planted had not grown despite Jeremy’s warning not to do it in the first place. The farmer and former Top Gear host faced several hurdles while filming, especially with the weather.
Jeremy pointed out that it had “not rained at all” and that they had a “cold May”. “Then it went to the hottest June ever, since then it’s been the wettest July and the coldest.
“Given the weather had done the exact opposite of what we needed all year long. We were praying for an old-fashioned autumn with lots of warm sunshine, but no, the crucial harvesting month was also refusing to play ball.
“And now Kaleb had killed the crops off to ready them for the combine. The clock was ticking. The longer they sat in the field too wet to harvest the more they would deteriorate.”
However, when Kaleb went to do a moisture test on the crops, the numbers weren’t where they needed to be for the farmer. He joked: “I think I have broken a record for how many times I can moisture test a field.”
When Jeremy rocked up when Kaleb was testing the second field, the farm manager said the results were “shockingly bad”.
The Grand Tour star went on: “Once again, it was the weather that dealt the killer blow.”
Pointing to a section of the crops, Kaleb said to Jeremy: “That’s the rape stalk. Where are the pods?”
“There are no pods at all,” Jeremy replied as he turned to an emotional Klaeb.
“Honestly, I am p***ed off, I can see you’re p***ed off,” Jeremy went on as Kaleb added: “I am fed up.”
Taking a cheeky swipe, Jeremy said: “I would usually taunt you and say you were told not to plant rape.”
“I am not in the mood,” Kaleb hit back as he admitted: “I have had enough. All that time, effort and money. I know it’s not my money but I still don’t want to do badly, you know?”
Kaleb wiped a tear from his eye as Jeremy leaned in to comfort him as he said: “Oh, mate.”
Clarkson’s Farm returns to Amazon Prime Video on May 10.
