Jeremy Clarkson scoops prize at the British Farming Awards

JEREMY Clarkson has won a prize at the British Farming Awards.

His TV show, Clarkson’s Farm, which sees him grow crops and look after livestock in the Cotswolds, helped him land the flying the flag for British agriculture award.

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In his acceptance speech he praised staff, including manager Kaleb Cooper, 21, and his unlikely sidekick, thickly accented Gerald Cooper, 72.

Clarkson, 61, told the Birmingham event: “Kaleb, I couldn’t have done this without you, you are the star of the show, apart from Gerald.

“But what was great, and I’m sure everyone in the room would say the same thing, every farm has a Gerald, every farm has a Charlie, every farm has a Kevin, every farm has an Ellen, every farm has a landowner and every farm has a Kaleb.”

He bought Diddly Squat Farm in 2008 and it was run by a villager but, when he retired in 2019, Clarkson decided to try it himself.

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