Jeremy Clarkson 'genuinely frightened' as he faces '3 months of s**t'

Jeremy Clarkson has admitted he's 'genuinely frightened' as he faces 'three months of s**t' while taking a break from screens for the first time in forty years. 

The Clarkson's Farm star, who has been a household name since joining the panel of  Top Gear in 1988, has been busy in recent years with a host of new shows.

Alongside Clarkson's Farm, which follows his day-to-day on his Oxfordshire farm, he also hosts Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, and joined his former Top Gear co-stars in The Grand Tour, which came to an end up 2024. 

Now, Jeremy, 65, is facing what he says is his 'first break from TV in forty years', as he takes a break from filming for all of the series that are still running. 

It includes his new format, Millionaire Hot Seat, a spin-off of the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? format that will hit screens on ITV in early 2026. 

Speaking at the launch of his new show, Jeremy said: 'You would rot if you didn’t. I’m genuinely frightened because until March, I won’t be filming a TV show for the first time in forty years. That will be three months of s**t.'

He added that he still 'gets nervous' while filming for new series, saying he puts his 'heart and soul' into every show that airs. 

New format Millionaire Hot Seat will see the TV host joined by six contestants in a rotating 'hot seat', demanding quick thinking, strategy and composure under pressure to win a cash prize. 

Only the contestant in the Hot Seat can answer questions to climb the ladder, but an incorrect answer sees the contestant stepping aside, and the prize money dropping.

They are put back into the queue of players, and only the top remaining prize can be won by one of the remaining contestants taking part.  

Jeremy will also return as host for 19 new episodes of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and a further seven celebrity specials - with the guests' names yet to be announced. 

Earlier this year, Jeremy revealed he was taking a break from filming popular Prime Video series Clarkson's Farm, after it was renewed for a fifth season. 

The programme, which was launched in 2021, follows Jeremy, his wife Lisa Hogan and farming staff as they battle against the elements on Diddly Squat Farm.

Jeremy has pressed pause on the cameras being around the farm as he began the pig breeding season earlier this year. 

Leaving his following red-faced and joking 'what he gets up to on the weekends is his business, the TV presenter explained he'd 'rented' out one of the animals for 'sexual purposes'.

Jeremy penned: 'Filming at Diddly Squat has stopped for a little while, but the farming goes on. Today, I have rented out a pig for sexual purposes.'

Replying to the message, one fan penned: 'Glad you stopped the filming at this stage, then', as a second joked: 'Thank you, Jeremy. That will be all. We're trying to enjoy our Sunday bacon and eggs here.'

A third wrote: 'What you get up to at the weekend is your own business,' while a fourth said: 'How does one move from cars to pig pimpery? It doesn't seem a natural transition...'

A fifth added: 'Wild. That’s definitely a unique rental! Farming life sure knows how to keep things interesting,' as a sixth concluded: 'Just as well the cameras are off-site.' 

Clarkson's Farm fans were left pleading with host Jeremy for more after he took to social media to issue an update on the latest series of his show. 

The fourth series, which won a National Television Award for Best Factual Entertainment earlier this year, broke viewing records thanks to its popularity. 

Jeremy went on to confirm that filming had finished for its upcoming instalment, with co-star Kaleb, 27, back on screen after taking a series off to go on tour. 

Sitting around a campfire with his co-star, wife, land agent Charlie and farmhand Gerald in a picture posted to Instagram, the TV presenter wrote to fans: 'Season 5, it's a wrap.'

Fans flooded the comments to celebrate the news, as well as plead with Jeremy and the team behind the show to 'keep going' with more series. 

One viewer penned: 'This is the only show I want to see 20 seasons of,' while a second added: 'I hope you never stop filming Clarkson's Farm, Jeremy, even when you're eighty-hundred and a million ten, it'll still be bloody brilliant.'

'Get to Series 10', a third wrote, while a fourth begged: 'Please, don't stop.' 

'Please just film all year round,' a fifth chimed in. 'Have a spring/summer series, winter/spring series, I know your entitled to a private life but frankly I don’t care.'

Earlier this year, the Top Gear host revealed there were plans to rest the popular show after he had been tied up in a busy seven-year filming schedule.

Nonetheless, he raised a National Television gong for the series, proving its continued popularity among viewers. 

The new series will see Jeremy re-united with farm hand Kaleb, who took a break in the previous series to go on tour around the country and film his own series, and was replaced by Harriet Cowan.

Before this year, the farmer had made no secret of the fact he'd never been abroad, and ahead of the release of the Prime Video series in 2021, rarely left his home town of Chipping Norton. 

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But he made the big move this autumn as part of a 'mission' to see if he can expand his 'farming contract business' in another country for the new TV show.

Alongside a photo of Kaleb smiling, he penned: 'I've got some news - I'm going I’m going to be going down under/to Australia to film my very own series on Prime Video.

'You know hard it is for me to leave Chippy [Chipping Norton] so flying to Australia is definitely taking me out of my comfort zone. I’m on a mission to see if I can make my farming contracting business international.'

While fans of the TV star flooded the comments section to congratulate Kaleb on his shiny new job, the same could not be said for his co-star and boss Jeremy. 

The former Top Gear host joked: 'I’m so happy about this. Because finally I can run my farm without him mucking everything up.’

Four-part series Kaleb: Down Under will follow the star as he gets to grips with farming in a new climate with the help of some new faces. 

Prime Video teased: 'Throughout his journey, Kaleb will meet his Australian peers and immerse himself in the local culture while exploring how farmers operate in this challenging environment.  

'And it's no holiday – Kaleb won't shy away from the gritty realities of farm work while he's out there – blisters, burns, backaches and all.'

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