Clarkson’s Farm Series Five Trailer Shows Diddly Squat Lockdown After Bovine TB Outbreak
The difficult moment Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm was placed under restrictions following a bovine TB outbreak is set to feature in the new series of Clarkson’s Farm.
The trailer for the fifth series of the Prime Video documentary was released on Monday, May 18, giving viewers a first look at another challenging year on the Oxfordshire farm. The new season will arrive on Prime Video on Wednesday, June 3, with eight episodes released across June.
The two-minute trailer shows a series of emotional and practical challenges facing Clarkson, Kaleb Cooper and the wider Diddly Squat team. Among the most serious moments is the farm being locked down after bovine TB was detected last August.
In the clip, Clarkson and Cooper are seen standing outside as an inspector delivers the news that the whole farm will be placed under restrictions. The decision clearly hits both men hard, with the pair visibly disappointed as they listen to what the lockdown will mean for the farm.
The inspector explains that the ministry will contact them to outline what they can and cannot do under the restrictions. For a working farm already dealing with rising costs, weather problems and planning pressure, the news marks another major setback.
Clarkson first shared the update with fans on social media at the time, saying everyone at Diddly Squat had been left devastated by the news. He later clarified that the outbreak involved bovine TB, which affects cattle rather than people.
The situation was especially painful because the disease can have serious consequences for livestock and farm operations. Restrictions can affect cattle movement, business planning and the day-to-day running of a farm. For Clarkson, who has often used the series to highlight the realities of British farming, the outbreak appears set to become one of the most emotional storylines of the new season.
Diddly Squat was later declared TB-free in March, several months after the initial restrictions were imposed. However, the new series is expected to show how the outbreak unfolded, how the team reacted, and how the lockdown affected life on the farm.
The trailer suggests that series five will continue the show’s familiar mix of humour, frustration and real agricultural pressure. Clarkson’s farming journey has never been presented as easy, but the new footage points to a particularly testing year.
Since launching in 2021, Clarkson’s Farm has become one of Prime Video’s most talked-about factual series. It follows Clarkson as he attempts to manage his 1,000-acre farm near Chadlington and Chipping Norton, alongside Cooper, Lisa Hogan, Charlie Ireland and Gerald Cooper.
The show has gained a large following by showing the less polished side of farming. Viewers have seen failed crops, machinery problems, council disputes, animal welfare concerns and financial uncertainty. The bovine TB lockdown adds another difficult chapter to that story.
Series five will be released in stages, with episodes arriving on Wednesdays. The first batch will premiere on June 3, followed by more episodes on June 10 and June 17.
For fans, the new trailer makes clear that the upcoming season will not simply be about new projects at Diddly Squat. It will also show Clarkson and his team facing one of the toughest farm health crises they have experienced so far.