Clarkson’s Farm

[Evanivitch]

48k said:

Kaleb's already got an agent, judging by his Instagram, and when interviewed on This Morning yesterday commented that he can't walk down the street without being asked for selfies. Kind of sad but inevitable I guess. I bet the poor lad just wants to be left alone to crack on with his job which he clearly adores.

I dunno, his 350Z wasn't exactly inconspicuous!

[jjones]

Abbott said:

Only watched the 1st 2 so far. Do we think that was a genuine tear in the eye when he came out of the abattoir office to find the 3 Ewes were already chopped?

When you get to the lambing I think you will see it is genuine.

[PorkInsider]

Lily the Pink said:

Your suspicion is ill-founded. Livestock forms a relatively small part of the enterprise. But there are parts, such as the sheep shearing, where some folk will not like the way the animals are handled, even though they don't suffer.

To be fair, one of the sheep wrestled Clarkson to the ground and another kicked him square in the plums.

[Abbott]

PorkInsider said:

Lily the Pink said:

Your suspicion is ill-founded. Livestock forms a relatively small part of the enterprise. But there are parts, such as the sheep shearing, where some folk will not like the way the animals are handled, even though they don't suffer.

To be fair, one of the sheep wrestled Clarkson to the ground and another kicked him square in the plums.

I dont remember seeing any bad handling of the animals. They do have a mind of their own and need some harsh persuading to go where you want them. Lucky he does not have pigs. I have more than enough bad memories of failing to get pigs to go where they dont want to go

[TurboHatchback]

Abbott said:

PorkInsider said:

Lily the Pink said:

Your suspicion is ill-founded. Livestock forms a relatively small part of the enterprise. But there are parts, such as the sheep shearing, where some folk will not like the way the animals are handled, even though they don't suffer.

To be fair, one of the sheep wrestled Clarkson to the ground and another kicked him square in the plums.

I dont remember seeing any bad handling of the animals. They do have a mind of their own and need some harsh persuading to go where you want them. Lucky he does not have pigs. I have more than enough bad memories of failing to get pigs to go where they dont want to go

The combination of Clarkson and pigs would be televisual gold IMHO. If he thought sheep were disobedient and hard to wrestle then pigs would be a whole new level.

[SydneyBridge]

JC writes for the Sunday Times every week and now has cows and pigs

He also apologised on twitter last night, to the locals, for the chaos... says it is being sorted

[Lily the Pink]

Abbott said:

PorkInsider said:

Lily the Pink said:

Your suspicion is ill-founded. Livestock forms a relatively small part of the enterprise. But there are parts, such as the sheep shearing, where some folk will not like the way the animals are handled, even though they don't suffer.

To be fair, one of the sheep wrestled Clarkson to the ground and another kicked him square in the plums.

I dont remember seeing any bad handling of the animals. They do have a mind of their own and need some harsh persuading to go where you want them. Lucky he does not have pigs. I have more than enough bad memories of failing to get pigs to go where they dont want to go

Indeed. I don't think there was any "bad handling", just determined, which is what is necessary. I can however foresee self-appointed "animal lovers" complaining about it.

[V1nce Fox]

Lily the Pink said:

Indeed. I don't think there was any "bad handling", just determined, which is what is necessary. I can however foresee self-appointed "animal lovers" complaining about it.

Not necessarily aimed at me i know, but for the record i understand animal husbandry/farming happens and am not looking to complain at all, just don’t like seeing it personally, hence switching off programme.

[CustardOnChips]

zygalski said:

MikeDB1 said:

He got £800,000 per episode of Grand Tour, and more for the specials, plus all filming costs on top, so I think he knows what he's worth to Amazon. If anything this show has attracted more mainstream interest than the Grand Tour. Caleb is definitely the new Richard Hammond and Charlie the new James May. I wonder how much they paid them both though to appear ?

And I'm sure he's got lots of ideas for Series 2. Setting up a brewery or cheesemaking ? A music festival maybe ?

Just surprised Amazon didn't release it one show a week like they do with GT. I've subscribed for a month to watch it and will be gone soon - not much else on there worth watching.

The thought of this sends shivers down my spine.
18 seasons of Clarkson's Farm ending with him carting around an oxygen tank & grandpa Hammond taking over the running of the farm does not fill me with positive thoughts.

I hope they leave it at one really good season of 8 episode & don't ruin it by turning it into a cash cow (get it?).

Of course there will be another series. But there is nothing forcing you to watch it.

[waynecyclist]

Up to episode 7 now, last one to watch tonight, I have really enjoyed it so far.

[AJB88]

waynecyclist said:

Up to episode 7 now, last one to watch tonight, I have really enjoyed it so far.

Same here

[SWoll]

Finished it last night and thoroughly enjoyed. Won't be for everyone obviously but worked for me.

[StevieBee]

SWoll said:

Won't be for everyone

Actually, seems like it is.

[StevieBee]

Pistom said:

Ex celebs putting money into farming is not a new thing.

I believe the Alex he refers to in the first episode as his farming neighbour is Alex James out of Blur.

[Jazzy Jag]

I binge watched it over the weekend and really enjoyed it.

Are Gerard and Kaleb related?

Iirc they have the same surname in the credits.

Either way I loved Kaleb's attitude to Clarkson.
"You fked up!!"

[nicanary]

Can't be ar*ed to read through 30 pages. I thoroughly enjoyed the series.

Anyone know how much it costs to hire a combine for the day? I'm guessing it ain't cheap, especially when the owner works through the night.

[Lily the Pink]

Jazzy Jag said:

Are Gerard and Kaleb related?

Every time that question has been asked on this thread the answer has been "no", so I guess probably not.

[eccles]

We really enjoyed the series. Just about right balance of Clarkson being Clarkson and being educational.

I think I learned more about modern farming in this series than ten years of country file!

[MikeDB1]

eccles said:

We really enjoyed the series. Just about right balance of Clarkson being Clarkson and being educational.

I think I learned more about modern farming in this series than ten years of country file!

The "Adam's Farm" part of CountryFile is excellent. But the rest is just pratting around in the countryside. Bit like TG on two legs, or occasionally two wheels :-)

[SydneyBridge]

StevieBee said:

I believe the Alex he refers to in the first episode as his farming neighbour is Alex James out of Blur.

Yeah, some of his cheese, incuding Blue Monday, is sold in the shop