Clarkson shared the bad news in his column for The Sunday Times, writing: “On the face of it, I’m a busy man. I have a television show to make about the farm I run. I have a brewery, a shop and a pub, and I host Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and its new spin-off series, and I write three newspaper columns every week.

“I’m therefore a one-man blizzard of productivity and action. A human whirlwind. Except I’m not. There’s no filming happening on the farm at the moment. Or farming. It hasn’t stopped raining since the beginning of the year, so I can’t plant anything, and I can’t do anything with my cows either because we are still locked down by TB.”

It has not yet been announced when filming will resume. But Lisa has shared some exciting news which is sure to feature on the sixth series, as the farm is set to welcome some new additions.

In a new Instagram clip, Lisa shared a video of the farm’s herd of sheep in the farm as she wrote: “The sheep are up the duff! Look at their fat bellies. I hope we have twins from some of them,” with fans rushing to share their congratulations on the exciting news.

The fifth series is expected to air on Prime in May after the last two series were released around the same time. It is expected to be eight episodes long, so fans will have plenty to tune into later this year.