Enjoy (Telegraph, £). The American buyout firm RedBird has agreed a deal to take control of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph after a two-year ownership vacuum, details here.
An extract from the article:
“Any rambler might catch a view of the cast of Clarkson’s Farm, the enormous Lamborghini tractors, or the sign, posted high on a shed wall: anyone found dropping litter will be shot in the face!”
Clarkson’s Farm may be my favourite TV series ever. The first four episodes of the new series (#4) is now available to watch free of charge to Amazon Prime customers. The official trailer is here (2:39).
In a recent interview Clarkson said that he was amazed at how many Chinese fans the show has, and some visit his farm. He recently asked some Chinese visitors why they loved the show so much, and was told, “It’s because you’re so incompetent!” His incompetence is indeed one of the golden threads running through the programme.
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