Kaleb Cooper Takes the Wheel With New Prime Video Lead as Clarkson's Farm Takes a Break
Cooper leaves the comfort zone behind as his new series hurls him into uncharted territory and bigger risks.
Kaleb Cooper is getting stamped. Prime Video just handed the Clarkson's Farm breakout his own four-part series, and he is heading to Australia to see if his tractor talk can go global.
Kaleb: Down Under — the pitch
The show follows Kaleb on his first solo trip abroad as he flies to Australia, one of the biggest farming markets on the planet, to figure out how to expand his contracting business beyond the Cotswolds. Prime Video says he will be meeting Aussie farmers, soaking up the local culture, and learning how people work the land in far tougher conditions than he is used to. Also, this is not a vacation. Expect long days and the glamorous side of agricultural life: blisters, burns, and backaches. The man who jokes he is borderline obsessed with Chipping Norton is about to swap it for the Outback.
- Format: Four episodes on Prime Video
- Premise: Kaleb tries to take his farming contracting business international
- Where: Across Australia, with local farmers and local methods
- Vibe: Hands-on farm graft, not sightseeing
- Timing: Cameras start rolling this autumn
So what does this mean for Clarkson's Farm?
Jeremy Clarkson says season 5 has wrapped filming, and the team is now putting the cameras down for a bit before coming back for season 6 next year. In his latest Sun column, he hints that season 5 gets heavy: Clarkson's Cotswolds farm was hit by bovine tuberculosis, which triggered a two-month lockdown. He says the Cotswolds looked gorgeous in the sunshine on camera, but actually making the show was exhausting. There will still be laughs, but it sounds like the new episodes dig into some genuinely rough patches on the farm.
'Are we carrying on? Well, we have sent the cameras away to give us a break from that side of things for a while. But yup. Kaleb is out there now in his tractor, and after I have finished writing this, I will be joining him. The show goes on.'
A quick Kaleb note
Kaleb says he spends most of his time with the most-traveled man in the world (that would be Clarkson), so he finally booked his first flight to see what the fuss is about. He is planning to be in Australia for a couple of months to test whether his contracting business can travel as well as he now does.
Where to watch
Kaleb: Down Under is coming to Prime Video. Clarkson's Farm seasons 1–4 are already streaming there if you need a refresher before season 5 lands and season 6 follows next year.