7.30 pm Friday November 8th 2024

Charlie is part of the team starring in the Amazon global-hit, Clarkson's Farm, a series about Jeremy Clarkson and his 1,000-acre Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton, in Oxfordshire. Charlie is a professional agronomist and land agent who advises Jeremy on farm management - and offers tips on agricultural aspects of crops, the complex details of government regulation and the financial consequences of the enterprise. Jeremy refers to him, with a hint of sarcasm, as "Cheerful Charlie"

Speaking about his relationship with Jeremy, Charlie admitted that "you’ve got to let him work it out for himself sometimes. There are good reasons sometimes why we do things a certain way. It was just about trying to explain that. There were times Jeremy would say: 'How do I do this quickly' and I had to say: You can't"

Away from Clarkson's Farm, Charlie is currently Managing Partner with Ceres Rural, in Oxfordshire and has many years experience providing advice on farm management and strategic planning, having previously worked as an agricultural consultant with Strutt & Parker for 20 years.

Jeremy's farm was formerly part of the Sarsden Estate and included Curdle Hill Farm - with the fields mostly arable, growing a rotation of barley, rapeseed and wheat. These were farmed by a local villager until his retirement in 2019 and Jeremy then decided to attempt the challenge of farming the land himself. It was renamed Diddly Squat Farm to suggest its apparent lack of productivity

Charlie, who lives in Wootton, studied at the University of Nottingham and has filmed four series of Clarkson's Farm, which has won rave reviews around the world - lauded for highlighting the struggles faced by British farmers and the food industry, while being hugely entertaining.

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(Children over 16 welcome) Entry is £10 in cash and includes free food, featuring delicious sandwiches and sumptuous rocky-roads., with wine and soft drinks available for a modest donation