Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he was diagnosed with an \u201caggressive\u201d form of prostate cancer last summer and had an operation to remove 10% of his prostate, eight months after he underwent heart surgery for blocked coronary arteries.<\/p>\n
In the final two episodes of the fifth series of his Prime Video documentary, Clarkson\u2019s Farm, the 66-year-old presenter told his farm manager, Kaleb Cooper, and his land agent, Charlie Ireland: \u201cI\u2019ve got cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the scenes, which were filmed last year and released on Tuesday night, the former Top Gear host added: \u201cI had a medical, remember, back in May? I disappeared off the other week and I had a biopsy and it is cancer, and it\u2019s aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he \u201cwasn\u2019t thrilled\u201d to receive the diagnosis but that it had been caught at a \u201creally early stage\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t have got myself checked out and they hadn\u2019t caught the problem early, this could well have been my last harvest. It\u2019s only because they did catch it early, there\u2019s every hope that I\u2019ll be harvesting this farm for many, many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Cooper asked him what type of cancer it was, he replied: \u201cWhere it is, is of no concern to anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
But in later scenes, after undergoing a procedure, he revealed it was in his prostate. \u201cThe prostate, 10% of it\u2019s dead,\u201d he said. \u201cThe 10% where the cancer is.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the end of the series, he is filmed in a hospital bed. \u201cSo we started season five in a hospital bed and here we are at the end of season five, I\u2019m back in a hospital bed,\u201d he said, referring to the earlier heart operation. \u201cSome of the treatment has gone awry, let\u2019s say. I\u2019ll probably be here for a little while.\u201d<\/p>\n
He told his viewers: \u201cWhat I wanted to say was: if this is all successful, I\u2019ll see you for season six. And if it isn\u2019t, I won\u2019t. Take care, everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Tuesday evening he warned fans on social media<\/a> he had some \u201csombre news\u201d with regard to Clarkson\u2019s Farm. \u201cOrdinarily we try to keep the show bucolic and charming and cheerful. But the final two episodes which drop in the middle of the night tonight are none of those things, really \u2013 they\u2019re a difficult watch.\u201d<\/p>\n He sounded emotional as he added: \u201cThey\u2019re really, really difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK<\/a>, accounting for 28% of all new male cancer cases, according to Cancer Research UK.<\/p>\n Last June, Clarkson had urged men to go for prostate checkups<\/a>, saying: \u201cI\u2019ve had too many friends go down with prostate cancer, and all it takes to get on top of the situation early is a moment or two of being a bit cross-eyed. You get the all-clear and the doc goes home happy. What\u2019s not to like?\u201d<\/p>\n There is no national NHS screening programme for prostate cancer, but men aged 50 or over \u2013 and those aged 45 or older who have a strong family history of prostate cancer or are of a Black or African-Caribbean ethnicity<\/a> \u2013 can request a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test from their GP.<\/p>\n