Jeremy Clarkson shares ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer diagnosis | Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer last summer and underwent surgery to remove 10% of his prostate, eight months after undergoing heart surgery for a blocked blood vessel.

In the last two episodes of the fifth series of his Amazon Prime documentary, Clarkson’s Farm, the 66-year-old presenter told his farm manager, Kaleb Cooper, and his estate assistant, Charlie Ireland: “I have cancer.”

In the appearance, which was filmed last year and aired last night, the former Top Gear host added: “I had a doctor, do you remember, back in May? I disappeared the other week and I had a biopsy and it’s cancer, and it’s aggressive.”

He said he was “not happy” to receive the diagnosis but was diagnosed “at an early stage”.

He also said: “If I didn’t investigate myself and if they didn’t find the problem early, it would have been my last harvest, but because they caught it early, there is hope that I will harvest this farm for many years.”

When Cooper asked her what kind of cancer she had, she replied: “Where it is, it’s not a concern for anyone.”

But later, after surgery, it was revealed that it was in his prostate. “The prostate, 10% of it is dead,” he said. “10% that have cancer.”

At the end of the series, he is pictured in the hospital. “So we started the winter with me in the hospital and we’re almost at the end of the winter, and I’m back in the hospital,” he says, referring to the first open-heart surgery. “Some of the medicines have gone wrong, let’s say, maybe I’ll be here for a while.

He told his audience: “What I wanted to say was: if everything goes well, I’ll see you in season six. And if it doesn’t, I won’t. Take care, everybody.”

Tuesday evening he warned fans on social media He had “some sad news” about Clarkson Farm: “We usually try to make the show fun and fun and fun.” But the last two episodes airing tonight are not that, really – it’s a tough watch.”

He sounded emotional as he added: “It’s very difficult.”

Prostate cancer is one of the cancers common cancer in the UKaccounting for 28% of all male cancers, according to Cancer Research UK.

Last June, Clarkson was encouraged men to go for a prostate examhe says: “I have had many friends who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and all it takes is a minute or two to look at it.”

“It sounds good and the doctor goes home happy. What’s not to like?”

There is no national NHS program to screen for prostate cancer, but men aged 50 and over – and those aged 45 and over who have a strong family history of prostate cancer or from Black or African-Caribbean descent – can request a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test from their GP.