Supporters have gathered in support of Jeremy Clarkson following a calamity at his Cotswolds agricultural venture.

The broadcaster, writer and agriculturalist rose to prominence through his work on motoring series Top Gear and The Grand Tour.

The Chadlington-based farmer shot to fame when he began presenting Top Gear in the late 1980s, later contributing to the show’s revival in 2002, which transformed it into a globally popular factual entertainment programme.

Since 2019, the 66-year-old has operated Diddly Squat Farm and featured in the Prime Video documentary Clarkson’s Farm, documenting his efforts to succeed in farming.

The programme’s fifth season debuted throughout June this year, with filming for the sixth instalment currently underway in Oxfordshire.

Clarkson has recently spoken publicly about a disaster that previously unfolded at the Cotswolds smallholding in Chadlington.

On social media platform X, a viewer posted that they were watching the fifth season where the wheat contained no moisture and the onions required replanting. The fan questioned whether the crop sprayers could be repurposed to transport water from streams and spray it onto the fields.

Clarkson replied that this approach was attempted in either the first or second season. He could not recall precisely but remembered it being a disaster.

Followers were swift to respond to the television personality’s admission and express sympathy for the predicament, with one observing that the sheer quantity of water necessary to irrigate a field is enormous. They noted that efficient irrigation would demand pumping and piping directly from the source, which would represent a substantial expense. This is precisely what was discovered in the earlier seasons – the required volumes cannot be feasibly transported.

Another commenter mentioned they had just finished the fifth season, which was excellent as always, and had been debating the water problem. Their suggestion was to harvest rainwater or stream water and have Kaleb dressed as a sunflower to water all the plants using watering cans.

A third contributor suggested looking into Agro bot. If it is still available, it could potentially be modified for this purpose. They noted it would likely require some robust water tanks and suggested speaking with the manufacturers.