Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson is a British television presenter and journalist specialising in cars and agriculture. In this article, we look at his biography and career.

Biography

Jeremy Clarkson was born on 11 April 1960. In his youth, he studied at Repton School, from which he was expelled without receiving a certificate for inappropriate behaviour, drinking alcohol and smoking.

In one episode of Clarkson's Farm, Clarkson recounted that when he was 19, he was dining at a French restaurant and found a snail in his salad. The future TV presenter was arrested by police who thought he was drunk. Jeremy tried to explain himself to them, but it didn't help. The problem was that his French was poor, and he sounded drunk. An incident involving food that was not particularly noteworthy led to his arrest.

Parents

The parents of English TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson are teacher Shirley Gabrielle Ward and sales representative Edward Clarkson. Wanting to give their son the opportunity to get a good education, they decided to sell their tea business and later opened another one related to the production of soft teddy bears.

Place of residence

The British television presenter lives in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. He owns a 1,000-acre farm in the Cotswold Hills, which he purchased after retiring. In 2024, Clarkson bought The Windmill pub in Asthall, near Burford, Oxfordshire. He paid at least £1 million for the property.

The building stands on approximately five acres of land. Jeremy wants to turn this place into a pub (restaurant) linked to his Diddly Squat Farm and Hawkstone beer brand. The establishment was temporarily opened during the European Championship final, and there are plans to renovate it. The name of the pub has been changed to The Farmer's Dog.

Career

Jeremy Clarkson's journalism career began with writing articles for regional publications. From the mid-1990s, he began appearing regularly on British television with his own shows or as a guest.

Writing career

Jeremy Clarkson's writing career includes writing books and columns for newspapers and magazines. In 1984, he and a friend founded the Motoring Press Agency, where he tested cars and wrote articles about them. Later, his articles began to appear in Performance Car.

Clarkson is the author of several books on automotive topics:

1. Jeremy Clarkson's Cars (1996)
2. Jeremy Clarkson's Top 100 (2004)
3. Jeremy Clarkson's World (2005)

The journalist also published collections of articles written for The Sunday Times. He is the author of weekly columns for The Sun and The Sunday Times. In addition, Clarkson writes articles on automotive topics for Toronto AutoStar.

Between 2001 and 2019, a collection of Jeremy's columns entitled The World According to Clarkson was published. The topics of the publications varied, each usually based on major or trivial news stories of the week. In addition to automotive topics, Clarkson has produced programmes and books on history and technology.

Television programmes with Jeremy Clarkson

Programmes featuring Jeremy Clarkson, such as Top Gear, most often discuss cars and related topics: the choice of vehicles of the year, car races, reviews of various models.

In his talk shows, Jeremy Clarkson chats with celebrities: musicians, TV presenters, politicians. He touches on a wide variety of topics, not just cars.

He rose to fame after becoming the host of the original car show Top Gear on BBC in 1988. The show Clarkson's Farm on Amazon Prime Video explores issues related to agriculture and agronomy. Viewers watched with interest as the TV presenter struggled with a Lamborghini tractor.

Jeremy Clarkson, together with James May, was the first person to reach the Earth's North Magnetic Pole by car. Viewers could see this in an episode of the television programme ‘Top Gear’.

In 2007, Clarkson received the National Television Awards.

Personal life

The personal life of Jeremy Clarkson is of interest to his many fans. The public wants to know who he is married to, how many children he has, and other details.

Partner

The television presenter married for the first time in 1989. His wife's name was Alexandra James, but this marriage lasted only six months.

In 1993, Jeremy Clarkson married his manager Frances Cain, with whom he had three children. This marriage lasted until 2014.

Since 2017, the journalist and television presenter has been in a relationship with Lisa Hogan. The couple are not yet officially married.

Children

Jeremy Clarkson has three children: Emily, Finlo and Katya. His eldest daughter was born in 1994 and has become known as the presenter of the podcast Should I Delete That? She has two books to her name.

His son Finlo was born in 1997 and does not appear in public very often, but some information is available about his hobbies. The young man plays sports, particularly rugby.

Katya was born in 2000 and chose a career as a photographer. In August 2021, she graduated from King's College London.

Net worth

According to data from 2025, Jeremy Clarkson's annual income is estimated at around £15 million. This amount includes contracts with Amazon Prime, fixed royalties from book sales, media appearances, income from his farm and ongoing publishing contracts.

Illness

In 2024, news broke that British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson had nearly lost his life while on holiday in the Seychelles. While diving on the seabed, he felt unwell and upon arrival at the beach, it was discovered that fluid had accumulated in his lungs.

Doctors diagnosed Clarkson with a blockage in one of the arteries supplying blood to the heart. The television presenter had to undergo surgery to have a stent fitted. Using a special instrument, doctors widened the narrowed section, removing the danger to his life.

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