Clarkson's Farm season 5 start date, episodes and full cast confirmed

Jeremy Clarkson's hit series Clarkson's Farm is nearly upon us, with the show's executive producer warning that the programme will take a darker direction.

Prime Video offered a first look at the highly anticipated fifth series back in April, with Kaleb Cooper, Jeremy Clarkson and Lisa Hogan poised to get stuck in once again.

Executive producer Andy Wilman has revealed what audiences can anticipate from the latest instalment, explaining: "As the series goes on, things take a turn.

"In the final episodes it becomes much heavier, and more emotional than anything we've seen before. In many ways it's the most personal series yet, not because Jeremy wants to make it about himself, but simply because of circumstance. When the series opens, he's side-lined with a heart problem, and that shapes everything that follows."

As Clarkson navigates his own health struggles, alongside political tensions and other challenges, here is everything you need to know about series five.

Regrettably, the series will not drop all at once, as it has been split into three parts, following the pattern of previous series.

Here is the full release schedule for the new episodes:

Part one - 3rd June

Part two - 10th June

Part three - 17th June

Viewers will have to wait a week between each episode being released. The synopsis reveals: "Clarkson's Farm is back, and amidst a government budget that sends the UK farming community into uproar, Jeremy decides some big changes are needed to make the farm run more smoothly.

"But while the farm tries to go high-tech - resulting in Kaleb's first ever trip abroad - even bigger developments are heading for Diddly Squat that are going to prove much more of a challenge."

In keeping with the format of previous series, season five will comprise eight episodes.

The first four will drop in a bumper launch on 3rd June, with the following two episodes landing on 10th June.

The final two episodes will then air a week later on 17th June.

All the beloved favourites will be making a comeback, including Clarkson, Hogan and Cooper, alongside land agent Charlie Ireland and Gerald Cooper.

Charlie Ireland reflected on his standout moments from the upcoming season, saying: "In this series, there were some genuinely strong moments, like going to London for the march.

"I do think objective argument and discussion are things that bring communities together. I'm also still very keen on Jeremy's idea of the cooperative supply through the pub. I think it's brilliant, and it's developed really well.

"I think, by the end, it all brings the farm together. It's quite a dramatic final stretch."

Clarkson himself has acknowledged the show is likely approaching its end, previously telling Radio Times he would stop making new series "when there are no more ideas".

He added: "But I've got two quite good ones, so we'll do [season] six and then we'll see."

While Clarkson has pledged to produce a sixth series, it could potentially prove to be the show's last outing.

Producer Wilman made clear the programme would only press on while Clarkson remained passionate about it, telling the Extraordinary Life Stories podcast: "You can't do that thing where you make one film or one series too many and people say, 'No, this is b*****ks now,' it's a busted flush.

"So you have to discipline yourself to go, 'We end this now while we still have an audience'.

"The same will have to happen with the farm. I don't know when that is because you've got to remember it's Jeremy's show. It's his show because it's kind of his baby."

Clarkson's Farm premieres on Prime Video on June 3