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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
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Clarkson's Farm shows Jeremy Clarkson's 'exhausted' staff quit over pub opening chaos
Jeremy Clarkson battles a series of last-minute setbacks, including suffering a staff walkout at his Farmer's Dog pub in the series four finale of Clarkson's Farm, streaming on Prime Video from Friday morning. There are a whole number of problems that the farmer faced on the first weekend of opening The Farmer's Dog over August bank holiday 2024. What may have seemed like a smooth sailing success from the outside is now revealed to be far from the truth as Clarkson takes viewers behind the scenes of the pub opening in the Clarkson's Farm's finale. Clarkson's £20,000 tractor restoration from Richard Hammond arrives. But to name a few problems: staff quit and others are left exhausted, water fails, the roof leaks and at one point there is no gas leaving the pub unable to serve food for several hours, a man who falls over has surgery. The list feels endless. Understandably the 65-year-old is left stressed while trying to firefight all of the problems happening at once. After a hectic opening day, Clarkson sits down with Charlie Ireland to discuss a plan of action in the new episodes of the docuseries. The presenter had already praised how much he loved the staff who were friendly and smiling. He tells Ireland: "We've lost two waitresses. We lost a pot washer. After one day." Quickly it's clear this isn't the only problem as Clarkson is plunged into darkness. He says: "Lights are still flickering. Lights flickered off..." Later, emotions are running high when Clarkson is having crisis talks with his front of house staff Sue and Rachel in the upstairs bar at the pub. They tell him things are not going well and that he should go back for a second time to thank his kitchen staff for coping amid the drama. The front of house say that there are "too many problems" to run a "successful business" from this specific site. "Everyone is exhausted, even when we say go for a break, there is no staff room," they tell him. "They're weeing in a portaloo. It's not lovely conditions. They love you. They're excited about the British food." "I have no problem with the staff," says Clarkson. "Not one single problem with the staff. They're all brilliant. They are smiling. They are nice." "The kitchen is about to go pop, those chefs have had it.... It might be worth popping into the kitchen." "I just popped in," Clarkson informs the front of house team. "Go back." "What?" Clarkson doesn't take the feedback well. At the end of his tether, he snaps. Clarkson hits back: "Do you want me to go and find a manager? Or go back into the kitchen?" Clarkson makes it clear that his work is endless when it comes to the pub opening. He goes on sarcastically: "Or do you want me to the leak mended? Or do you want me to deal with the car parking issues? Or do you want me to deal with the neighbours? Do you want me to deal with the council? I've got plenty to be doing and I'll get on with it. Thank you." It's worth noting how tired Clarkson is because he's working around the clock with the pub opening while also juggling the harvest at night, having to even pull all-nighters. Watch Clarkson's Farm series 4 trailer That's the last stern conversation he has with the front of house duo Sue and Rachel because the next day they have quit too. Naturally Clarkson is disappointed but he has already got a solution. The former Top Gear presenter has lined up a replacement. In an update, he says: "We've worked out if we shut the lavatories and use plastic plastic glasses instead of glass glasses, we'll have enough water to serve food until six. Next problem is Sue and Rachel, who brilliantly set the pub, up have now left. So it's a Sunday morning, I've managed to get a new front of house person who is the head of sixth form at the local village school. That's good." As Clarkson's Farm season four comes to an end, the core members of the team go for a special lunch at a nearby pub. They choose not to celebrate at The Farmer's Dog itself because even though Clarkson says it's working "reasonably well", they couldn't "relax there". "There was always something to do," Clarkson says in the voiceover. "Something to mend. Something to worry about... So we went to someone else's pub instead." Over the pub lunch, Clarkson is joined by girlfriend Lisa Hogan, Kaleb Cooper, Gerard Cooper, Ireland, Alan and Annie. The presenter tells his core Clarkson's Farm team: "It hasn't been the smoothest of openings... The pub has been tricky. But it's there now. So well done. We did it. To The Farmer's Dog." They all raise a toast: "To the farmers." The final episodes of Clarkson's Farm series four are available to stream on Prime Video now.
The Independent
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Chaos at Jeremy Clarkson's new pub in season finale
Jeremy Clarkson 's new Pub, The Farmer's Dog, faces chaotic preparations ahead of its opening in the season finale of Clarkson's Farm. Clarkson mistakenly believes the August bank holiday, the Pub 's opening date, is a week later than it is, causing a rush to prepare. The finale, titled "Landlording," depicts Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper struggling to hang the Pub 's sign amidst a long queue of waiting customers. Clarkson purchased The Windmill in Asthall, Oxfordshire, for under £1 million in August 2024, renaming it The Farmer's Dog. The Pub 's name was inspired by the discovery that the surrounding area is known for public sex, with Clarkson finding discarded underwear in the trees.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Grand opening celebrates Morebattle community's pub takeover
A village pub in the Borders is to hold a grand opening to mark the latest community buyout success in the project to purchase the more than 250-year-old Templehall Inn in Morebattle near Kelso - which closed after the Covid pandemic - was launched in early already saved the village shop, locals created the Morebattle Community Hub and Pub (MCHP) community benefit society, and secured £230,000 in grants while raising nearly £100,000 from a share funded the buyout which will culminate in the grand reopening of the refurbished pub on Saturday. Morebattle village - with a population of just over 300 - sits on the popular St Cuthbert's Way walking route that runs from Melrose to Holy refurbished inn - backed by funding from the Scottish Land Fund and South of Scotland Enterprise - is already attracting overseas visitors and it is hoped more will Sharon and Alan Reid moved from the Tushielaw Inn near Selkirk last month and have already started serving food and delivering throughout the Murray, who chairs MCHP, admitted he had been stunned by how an acorn of an idea had grown into a huge community effort. He said: "The steering group had a vision with all the stages of funding and planning that goes into something like this, but you do always wonder at the back of your mind if it will have the level of support that you need to make it sustainable in the long-term."What we've seen in the last eight weeks or so since we officially purchased the building is tremendous support, with people really buying into it."He said that was essential to its long-term success. "It's got to be financially sustainable," Roddy added."There were funds available to purchase and refurbish, but it has to stand on its own two feet, and provide an income for the tenants moving forward."There will still be community support there, but it can't limp through being subsidised, and we don't think there is any concern on that score."We're confident now that it will be well-used as a community facility." Roddy said he had been amazed at the number of people from across the area who had "really got stuck in" to ensure they got the facility they of them will join the celebrations on Saturday - from 15:00 to 23:00 - to mark what the community has achieved.
