Did anyone ever provide any evidence for this, other than the spec in varsity? The story ran around the media for a day, but Amazon never confirmed it and Clarkson outright denied it. He has never addressed it since.
Bit of a click bait title but looking promising.
Ultimately I believe he's filmed stuff. I suspect Amazon might be able to choose to cut ties but I would put money someone would buy it.
There's still never been any proof that they were cutting ties, or even that Amazon were remotely upset with Clarkson in any way whatsoever. The claims always lead back to that one Varsity article.
They do, but there's another factor to consider.
Grand Tour and Clarkson's Farm are the only shows on Prime that actually bring viewers to the service, they're the tentpole holding everything else up. I think it was The Boys in the number three spot, but it was a long way behind. Everything else they've tried to put in that position, i.e. The Rings of Power, has flopped massively, so until they manage to come up with something even half as successful as Grand Tour they won't be cutting ties with Clarkson.
He only started farming in 2019. That's four years of farming total, which we've been getting on about a two year delay.
Gotta give team Clarkson credit for that restaurant venture at least. He was playing farming and restaurant simulator there for a hot moment and that felt like a very Clarkson thing to happen.
He's not just changing for the sake of change; he's trying to diversify the farm's output, rather than relying on a single source of income. The cows are going to still be around and the wheat is still there every year.
It's very obvious that Clarkson is taking on wildly different livestock every season for the sake of show content rather than anything to do with developing an efficient and successful farm unto itself. Which is perfectly fine because having this variety of content that demonstrates different aspects of farming/ranching makes the show more interesting/informative/entertaining to viewers while also bringing awareness to and advocacy for UK farmers broadly as Clarkson ultimately wants to do. I don't think there's really any way for him to truly develop a "realistic" farm anyway since it will always have the unique benefit of direct exposure on a television show and Clarkson's celebrity wealth and status.
So, your complaint is that a Reality Show ie something manufactured for viewership, is in fact Not Real?
Yes, yes it is. This isn't comparing a pre-planned Top Gear roadtrip with super cars and direct site access to an actual road trip. Real farming more interesting than pretend farming.
If that was true, they would show real farming.
They show real farming when they want Clarkson to look like an ignorant oaf and gurn at the camera about how complicated it all is. He's pretty good at that bit.
He should raise pigs and use them to dispose of that village council.
No acting required.