Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that he came within days of death and a probable fatal heart attack on his farm.
The former Top Gear presenter explains all in the upcoming opening episode of Clarkson's Farm series five, telling viewers how browsing his mobile phone alerted him to a potentially deadly condition.
"I was scrolling on my phone. If I hadn't been doing that, I wouldn't have gotten pins and needles in my arm," he reveals to farm manager Kaleb Cooper in the series opener.
"If I hadn't got pins and needles, I wouldn't have gone, 'Hang on, am I having a heart problem?' and wouldn't have gone to hospital."
Jeremy Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper in the new series of Clarkson's Farm
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Medical scans subsequently uncovered serious coronary issues, with the 66-year-old learning from doctors that a heart attack had been merely "days" away.
The television personality delves into the severity of his condition, explaining that one artery was completely blocked while another resembled "something dangling from the roof of a cave in the Peak District".
A third had become so obstructed that it had formed branch-like structures, meaning his heart was being starved of blood.
"They put me in this big polo mint [scanner] and they found out I have got really bad coronary heart problems," he tells Mr Cooper in the episode.
Kaleb Cooper was stunned by the admission
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The presenter underwent life-saving surgery at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford in October 2024, where surgeons fitted two stents.
He has since admitted he "had no idea" how close to death he had come, having been preoccupied with launching his pub, The Farmer's Dog, whilst simultaneously managing the harvest.
Despite receiving explicit medical instructions to rest following his cardiac procedure, Mr Clarkson ignored the advice and returned to physical labour on his Diddly Squat Farm.
The consequences became apparent during filming of the second episode, where the presenter attempts to fell a Christmas tree in preparation for the festive season.
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Jeremy Clarkson runs his own pub in the Cotswolds | AMAZONFootage shows him lying flat on his stomach at the base of the tree, sawing at the trunk before being forced to abandon the task as he struggled to breathe.
Turning to his production crew, he confesses: "I shouldn't have done that."
Upon his return to the farm after surgery, he had joked with staff that "the reaper will have to wait", though the Christmas tree incident demonstrated the ongoing risks of ignoring medical guidance.
Speaking to Heart Breakfast presenters Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden earlier this month, Mr Clarkson reassured listeners that his health has since recovered.
Jeremy Clarkson's (right) farm in the countryside is the basis for his Amazon series Clarkson's Farm | AMAZON"It was quite a fraught year last year but no, I'm absolutely fine now. Tickety-boo," he said, adding that he had shed weight through the use of "fat jabs".
The presenter offered a tantalising preview of what viewers can expect from the forthcoming series, describing it as "the most dramatic one of the shows we have done so far".
"And it gets more and more dramatic towards the end. Yeah, I'll say no more than that because we're not actually doing any PR for this series at all," he added.
Mr Clarkson's hospital stint was first teased in the season five trailer that was released earlier this month, ahead of June's premiere.