Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper has given fans an update on series five after Jeremy Clarkson revealed the Cotswolds farm is in lockdown.
The former Top Gear host, 65, announced last week that Diddly Squat Farm has been locked down for at least two months due to an outbreak of TB among his herd of cattle.
However, farm manager Cooper reassured fans that the infectious disease hasn’t affected production for the latest series of their Prime Video show.
The 27-year-old shared a video on Instagram of camera crew filming him as he harvested crops at the 1,000-acre Oxfordshire site on Tuesday.
“You've got to go around the film crew they don't move anymore,” Cooper joked as he drove past the trio and filmed them through the window of his tractor.
“They just stand there and go, ‘We are not moving!’”
Cooper captioned the clip, “Season 5,” and added two laughing face emojis.
Fans shared their excitement at the upcoming series, with one commenting, “Yes!!!!! Season 5,” while another added: “So happy!”
Last week, Clarkson revealed the farm has “gone down” with bovine tuberculosis from a pregnant cow.
He said the farm is still open, but they cannot buy or sell cows while they wait to do another test on his beloved herd of cows to see if they are clear of TB.
“It's awful, it is awful. You have a test every six months on the cows and then you sort of become blasé, it's a hypothetical threat,” he told Times Radio.
“And then the vet looks up as he did yesterday lunchtime and said, ‘I'm really sorry this one's failed’. So that means we're now locked down and it's just dreadful, absolutely dreadful.”
Discussing the length of lockdown, the motoring journalist said: “Certainly two months because that's how long we have to wait before we do another test.”
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Clarkson also confirmed one of his dog Arya’s newborn puppies has died.
“It's only been not even 24 hours since I found out and it occupies my mind. Well it was occupying my mind but I got up this morning and found one of my puppies has died,” he said.
Earlier this week, his longtime partner Lisa Hogan revealed Arya had given birth to a litter of puppies.
However, she announced last Friday: “Sad news this morning. Mr Grey has gone to fur and feather land.”
During his radio interview, Clarkson said of his herd of cows: “And we've got a very sickly calf. Honestly, farming? I'm not enjoying it this week.”
The former Grand Tour star confirmed his farm shop will be “unaffected” by the closure and remain open for business as usual.
His pub, The Farmer's Dog in Burford, which is 10 miles away from the farm, also remains open.
Clarkson also clarified that the outbreak does not affect members of staff.
“I should clear this up really. It's Bovine TB that we have. It doesn't affect people, just our poor cows,” he wrote on X.
bTB is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis, which can infect mammals including deer, goats and pigs, as well as cats, dogs.
According to gov.uk, bTB is respiratory and can be transmitted "through nose to nose contact and also through contact with saliva, urine, faeces and milk".
This is not the first time Diddly Squat farm has had a TB scare. In 2023, the broadcaster discovered TB-infected badgers at his Oxfordshire estate.
