'Jeremy Clarkson showed his true colours when I worked with him'

Charlie Ireland and Jeremy Clarkson at the Cotswolds farm. <i>(Image: Ellis O'Brien/Prime Video)</i>
Charlie Ireland and Jeremy Clarkson at the Cotswolds farm. (Image: Ellis O'Brien/Prime Video)
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Jeremy Clarkson showed his true colours in his first meeting with a Clarkson's Farm star who regularly works with him.

The former Top Gear and Grand Tour presenter purchased Chadlington's Diddly Squat Farm in The Cotswolds in 2008.

Since then, he also purchased The Windmill pub in Asthall, renaming it The Farmer's Dog and opening its doors in August 2024.

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(left to right) Lisa Hogan, Jeremy Clarkson, Kaleb Cooper, Harriet Cowan and Charlie Ireland. (Image: Ian West / PA)

Both Cotswolds businesses have featured heavily in the hit Prime Video show Clarkson's Farm, which is filmed on location and boasts four series to date, with a fifth on the way.

"Cheerful" Charlie Ireland

One of the breakout stars from the popular show is Mr Clarkson's land agent, "Cheerful" Charlie Ireland.

The 48-year-old has now spoken to the Daily Telegraph about meeting the TV star for the first time, with the Daily Express adding that he "showed his true colours".

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"My first impression was that he was very welcoming and focused, obviously interested in what the farm was and what it was going to do – which crops, livestock, what the potential was," he said.

"Not everybody is. Jeremy’s ability to tell a story is absolutely phenomenal. And because what’s happening is real, it just captures that.

“I use 1,000 words, he uses six, and everybody understands immediately what he’s saying. He wrote a piece about birds on his farm the other day and said, ‘Everybody loves a robin, but we all know they’re fighty little b******s.’ It captured exactly what a robin is, in just four words.”

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