Is Jeremy Clarkson able to balance his farm, his pub and his health?

Fans can find out the answer to this question because after months away from screens, Clarkson's Farm returns for it's fifth season on June 3.

Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm has evolved over the hit show's lifespan, and it would appear that this growth is set to continue on the latest season.

The new series of Clarkson's Farm opens with Clarkson receiving a major health scare; he subsequently undergoes a heart procedure.

This health scare leaves him under strict doctors' orders to take it easy.

In this latest series Clarkson seeks to make his farming life less stressful, with one of his solutions being Easy Care Sheep.

Fan favourite Kaleb Cooper tries to warn Clarkson that "No sheep is easy to care for", however, the former Top Gear star must learn that lesson himself.

When talking about his new flock, Clarkson admitted: "In the first series, I was with the sheep constantly during lambing, terrified there’d be a breech birth or something awful.

Clarkson also remarked that Cooper was "absolutely furious" when he first bought the sheep, and spent weeks telling him he had made a mistake.

According to Clarkson: "They’re hard to round up and incredibly strong.

To make life on the farm easier, Clarkson also brought on board some high tech automation, which Cooper heavily opposed, saying "That's basically taking my job".

One of Jeremy's favourite advancements to Diddly Squat is that they now use soil mapping.

"We now know, to the square foot, where the soil is good and where it isn’t.

"That means we can fertilise according to need, rather than just coating the whole farm with fertiliser and sprays," he said.

Clarkson's challenges

This time around fans can see Clarkson tackle the first festive season running his pub - The Farmer's Dog. This is not his only trial at the pub, as he must also deal with a large gathering of people showing up unannounced.

We can also expect to see the impact of the TB outbreak from last year on Diddly Squat.

Additionally, Clarkson must work with a government budget that has "sent shockwaves through the UK farming community" and support his fellow farmers during the much protested inheritance tax reform.

These are just a few of the many issues that Jeremy Clarkson will face in this latest season.

Speaking after the filming of season five, Clarkson said: "I like to think Clarkson’s Farm has altered the way people think about farming.

"If we had predictable weather and a sensible government, farming would be easy, but because we have neither, it isn’t," he concluded.

Clarkson did admit that farmers he talks to from other countries find the same problems.

Conclusion

While Jeremy Clarkson has always been the central figure of this show, in many other seasons the show has been commended for how fleshed out and authentic the likes of Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland have been.

This season, however, focuses on Clarkson because of his many misfortunes he experiences during it.

According to executive producer of the show Andy Wilman, "In many ways it’s the most personal series yet, not because Jeremy wants to make it about himself, but simply because of circumstance.

"When the series opens, he’s sidelined with a heart problem, and that shapes everything that follows.

"Luckily, the story tends to write itself, because one decision Jeremy makes always has a domino effect, and everything follows on from there".

The first four episodes of the eight-part series will launch globally on Prime Video today with 5-6 joining them on June 10 and 7-8 finishing the series on June 17.

This series brings the total episode count to 36.