Jeremy Clarkson Reveals he is Battling 'Aggressive' Form of Cancer

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he is battling an aggressive form of cancer.

The former Top Gear star revealed his diagnosis during an emotional scene in the final episode of the fifth series of Clarkson's Farm.

In the episode a visibly emotional Clarkson sits down with his colleagues Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland and tells them that he has been battling an aggressive form of the disease and that he will be undergoing surgery.

The season finale of Clarkson's Farm, which documents Clarkson's trials and tribulations of running his Diddly Squat farm in the Cotswolds, aired on Tuesday night. Before the episode was released Clarkson took to social media to tell his fans that the final episodes would be  “really, really difficult” to watch.

In the emotional scenes filmed last year the former Grand Tour presenter tells Cooper and Ireland: “I’ve got cancer” before adding that it was discovered at a “really early stage”.
 

When asked where the cancer diagnosis was by Cooper, Clarkson replied: “Where it is, is of no concern to anybody.” Clarkson later revealed that the cancer was in fact prostate cancer and that he had undergone a procedure to remove part of it.

He said: "I won't know whether it's worked or not until November probably. The prostate, 10% of it's dead, the 10% where the cancer is."
 

At the tail end of the series Clarkson is filmed in a hospital bed saying: “Some of the treatment has gone awry, let’s say. I’ll probably be here for a little while.”He told his viewers: “What I wanted to say was: if this is all successful, I’ll see you for season six. And if it isn’t, I won’t. Take care, everyone.”

"It seems that of the arteries feeding my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading that way," he told The Sunday Times.

Clarkson has been outspoken about prostate cancer in the past as he urged men to go for prostate check ups last June: “I’ve 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’s not to like?”

The 66-year-old was hospitalised two years ago and underwent a heart procedure after a "sudden deterioration" of his health. He told The Sunday Times doctors believed he was potentially "days away" from becoming very ill.