Clarkson’s Farm Star Jeremy Clarkson Turns Pet Pig Richard Ham’s Popularity Into Potential Goldmine

Jeremy’s other business plans include entering the dating game

JEREMY Clarkson is hoping his pet pig Richard Ham will bring home the bacon.

The porker has become a TV star after the runt of the litter was saved from the chop on smash-hit telly show Clarkson’s Farm.

Now, clever swine Jezza has applied to the UK’s Intellectual Property Office to trademark the name.

He wants clothes, homewares, gardening gear and even cookbooks and Christmas decorations using the pig’s name.

Just days ago, Clarkson’s Farm star and Jezza’s partner Lisa Hogan shared an update on Diddly Squat’s famous micro pig who became a fan favourite during series 4 of the show.

The tiny runt of the litter melted hearts when he failed to put on weight and had to be separated from his piglet siblings for fear of being bullied.

Jeremy faced a tricky decision about whether or not to slaughter the miniature swine – but later had a brainwave and chose to keep him.

Lisa revealed that the beloved animal, named after the former Top Gear host’s famous co-presenter Richard Hammond, is doing better than ever.

Taking to social media to share his incredible progress with Clarkson’s Farm viewers, she wrote next to a clip of the pig: “Look who it is!!! It’s Richard ‘porker’ Ham.”

The farm worker could be heard speaking over the footage, which showed the now-huge swine sniffing into the camera as he emerged from his sty, saying: “Who recognises this beast?”

She added: “It’s Richard Ham. Yes, you’re huge. Yes, it’s because you’ve been hand fed for all these months.”

In June, The Sun told how Jeremy was going into the dating game with his own matchmaking site.

His enterprise was a cheeky take on adult content site OnlyFans – with his lonely-hearts firm dubbed Only Farmers.

The firm behind his Cotswolds Diddly Squat Farm Shop applied to the Intellectual Property Office to trademark the enterprise.