The Grand Tour boss makes shock admission about Jeremy Clarkson’s farming show

THE Grand Tour’s boss has made a shock admission about Jeremy Clarkson’s farming show.

Earlier this year, Jeremy launched his own Amazon Prime Video series, Clarkson’s Farm, which followed his first foray into the world of agriculture.

The series was a huge hit and season two is already in the works, but The Grand Tour’s showrunner Andy Wilman has admitted its success has taken him slightly by surprise.

Speaking to , Andy explained: “They [Richard Hammond and James May] were chuffed for him because we didn’t really think the farm was going to be that big of a hit and you never know.

“I know Jeremy was nervous because you think, ’Is me going farming actually going to work? Is anybody going to look on their Amazon homepage and go oh, I’ll watch that because it doesn’t sound that exciting.’

“So the success of it was mind-blowing. It absolutely blew us away. I couldn’t see that coming I hoped it would work but not to the level it did.”

Season one of Clarkson’s Farm saw Jeremy buying a tractor that was too big, battle the elements and decide to open a farm shop to sell his produce, called Diddly Squat.

The business has been a roaring success, but fans have been left devastated this week when it was announced that it would be closing for two months.

In a post on Instagram on Monday, the official account penned to their 676,000 followers that the farm would be closed from January to February.

However, no more detail was given about the reason behind the closure.

Many fans weighed in the comments section to air their thoughts, with one writing: “Hopefully expanding it.”

While another user speculated: “Hopefully filming.”

Meanwhile, another fan added: “So bummed. We had planned to visit in January.”

Clarkson’s Farm and The Grand Tour are available on Amazon Prime Video now.