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[AJUMP23]

I don't know if you like Top Gear/Grand Tour show or presenters. But one of them has made a genuinely great Farming show on Amazon Prime. Clarkson's Farm is a fish out of water show that is genuine and fun and unique. All the people on the show are amazing characters. Gerald and Caleb are real standouts with Charlie being the deliverer of real news. If you have Prime subscription do yourself a favor and watch it.

Watch Clarkson's Farm – Season 1 | Prime Video (amazon.com)

 

[Aurelius]

Watched it. It's very, very good. Can recommend!

 

[TTOOLL]

I've watched 3 episodes, it's amazing. Highly recommended! It's that show you watch to wind down after a long day at work.

 

[AJUMP23]

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I love it. One or episodes left. I’ll watch just about anything with the Grand Tour guys.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[AJUMP23]

I love it. One or episodes left. I’ll watch just about anything with the Grand Tour guys.

Did you watch the James May cooking show? I found that one fun too.

 

[INC]

Not seen it yet

I know they get a lot of hate, and rightly so sometimes, but I still find them entertaining regardless

 

[FunkMiller]

This show probably did more to open people’s eyes to the realities of the farming industry than any other.

Loved it. Hope they do another series. Jezza is still working on the farm, so they should be able to.

 

[Nobody_Important]

Jokes on you Bezos Alt I'm already watching it.

 

[Sybrix]

Its really good, im not a fan of The Grand Tour but this show is one of the best ive seen this year

 

[haxan7]

Didn't know about it. Can't wait to watch.

 

[B D Joe]

I knew farming was hard work, but this show has given me a new found respect for farmers.

There's some genuinely touching and hilarious moments and this is probably one of the best shows I've watched this year. Highly recommended

 

[Jezbollah]

James May's Japan roadtrip series is also very good.

 

[TylerD]

James May's Japan roadtrip series is also very good.

Agreed and I still need to finish it.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Did you watch the James May cooking show? I found that one fun too.

No. Is it on Amazon? I loved his Japan one.

 

[INC]

Just watched the first episode , yep gonna binge it.

 

[Droxcy]

Series has been fantastic. The guy is just made for content and he’s super down to earth.

I’m at the second to last episode and don’t want to finish.

 

[Evil Calvin]

What is it about? Is it a reality show?

 

[AJUMP23]

No. Is it on Amazon? I loved his Japan one.

It is on Prime. OH COOK!

Prime Video: James May: Oh Cook - Season 1

 

[AJUMP23]

What is it about? Is it a reality show?

It is a show filming people farming. And it just goes into what it takes to run a farm in the English countryside in an entertaining way. It is all real people....not really scripted.

 

[6502]

Really fabulous show. To be honest, its a refreshing break from top gear / grand tour. All 3 have now had good shows.
But this is undoubtedly the best.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I knew farming was hard work, but this show has given me a new found respect for farmers.

It’s hell and no amount of technology will make it not being gruelling, hard work. My in-laws are farmers, it’s crazy how hard they work.

 

[FunkMiller]

Really fabulous show. To be honest, its a refreshing break from top gear / grand tour. All 3 have now had good shows.
But this is undoubtedly the best.

I thought that Hammond desert island thing was an absolute piece of crap. Way too over scripted and over produced. Clarkson and May’s stuff had been quality though.

 

[AJUMP23]

Some additional footage.

 

[GamingKaiju]

Yep binged it this past week between the Euro's.

Fantastic series, was expecting Clarkson just to be running around screaming POWAH! In his Lambo tractor but it actually surprised me how he actually gives a damn and came up with some good ideas for helping out wildlife. Caleb, Gerald, and Charlie were all great characters his girl friend Lisa was lovely, Loved Ellen how she was wrestling the sheep and shepherding them.

Hoping for a S2

 

[B D Joe]

It’s hell and no amount of technology will make it not being gruelling, hard work. My in-laws are farmers, it’s crazy how hard they work.

Me and my wife try and source as much locally as possible. Meat from a butchers or fruit and veg from markets is so much nicer than supermarket packaged produce plus it helps support our local economy.

I just hope there's enough young folks willing to run farms otherwise I can see food shortages in the future. I personally couldn't manage a farm of Clarksons size but I'd love a couple acres and have a go at being self sufficient.

 

[ManaByte]

I know they get a lot of hate

What mental patients are these?

 

[T8SC]

Need to get around to watching this.

 

[AJUMP23]

What mental patients are these?

Enviromentalist.

 

[GamingKaiju]

Sorry for DP:

Yeh Farming is a lot of hard work. When I was a kid I had friends whose family owned Farms and I hardly saw their dads as they were always working. Hat's off to Farmers they do work buying local is the best way

 

[TheZink]

I marathoned it last Weekend. It’s the best thing on tv as of lately.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Was there when the shop opened, my lads actually in the Prime show, made his day that did haha.

 

[pesaddict]

Cracking show loved it

 

[INC]

Great show

Its like a northern king of the hill, in a way

And yeh, its an eye opener

 

[McHuj]

Watched the first two episodes so far. it's great. I really find Clarkson to be one of the funniest people out there. His humor aligns with mine very well.

 

[Fbh]

Welll....never thought I'd subscribe to a streaming service specicially to watch a farming show. But here we are.

Looks great and the impressions on here have me looking forward to checking it out this weekend.

 

[6502]

I thought that Hammond desert island thing was an absolute piece of crap. Way too over scripted and over produced. Clarkson and May’s stuff had been quality though.

It was great with a few beers and fun on a rewatch with my family. It was clever dumb fun. I would have preferred a straight up show without the faux story, but the kids liked that part...

It was entertaining and educational.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Is there any killing, animals dying or unnecessary blood and guts in this?

I don’t mind a steak, I don’t need to see a cow being electrocuted though.

 

[farmerboy]

I'll give it a watch and see how it lines up with farming in Australia. I gather he's concentrating on smaller sized farms, nothing too big in scale. But that's where you meet the real people.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

I'll give it a watch and see how it lines up with farming in Australia. I gather he's concentrating on smaller sized farms, nothing too big in scale. But that's where you meet the real people.

You can fit England into Australia how many times? A couple of thousand? So yeah, it would be a smaller sized farms compared to Oz ones, but a decent enough size for an English one.

 

[farmerboy]

You can fit England into Australia how many times? A couple of thousand? So yeah, it would be a smaller sized farms compared to Oz ones, but a decent enough size for an English one.

True, but you have farms here that range from say 10 - 20 acre to a million acres. The real big farms are generally cereal crop or livestock. I vegetable farm, and the biggest I know of is about 6000 acres, which is massive. We farm 200 acres.

 

[FunkMiller]

Is there any killing, animals dying or unnecessary blood and guts in this?

I don’t mind a steak, I don’t need to see a cow being electrocuted though.

Nope. Nothing like that. Some sheep giving birth is as bad as it gets.

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

Jezza non car shows are always good stuff. The two WW2 war stories shows he did way back were brilliant.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

True, but you have farms here that range from say 10 - 20 acre to a million acres. The real big farms are generally cereal crop or livestock. I vegetable farm, and the biggest I know of is about 6000 acres, which is massive. We farm 200 acres.

A quick Google tells me his is 1000 acres if that helps?

 

[INC]

Is there any killing, animals dying or unnecessary blood and guts in this?

I don’t mind a steak, I don’t need to see a cow being electrocuted though.

Only the reality of lambing, and life on a farm, nature being nature

Also the farm is around 1000 acres, but he is only harvesting around 450 of it i believe.......I think that right

 

[Rival]

I just watched the first episode. It’s awesome! Thank you for the recommendation.

 

[AJUMP23]

I just watched the first episode. It’s awesome! Thank you for the recommendation.

Thank you for the thanks but where is the positive reaction to the first post. I need that in order to ascend in internet rank around here.

 

[Rival]

Thank you for the thanks but where is the positive reaction to the first post. I need that in order to ascend in internet rank around here.

I’ll take care of that right away. Forgive me your lordship.

 

[Bluntman]

I've binged this show two times over. It's just epic, every minute of it is absolutely fantastic. Clarkson is a damn genius, everything he does is extremely entertaining.

The other guys are great as well. Charlie with his knowledge and calmness. Kaleb seems like a nice guy also working very hard. Lisa seems like a sweetheart.

And ofcourse my favorite, Gerald the head of security such a great guy.

And you know these people are real, because if you grew up in the countryside anywhere in the western world, you probably know the same kind of guys in any country.

I have to say this show 10/10 must watch.