Kelvin Fletcher has responded to the Jeremy Clarkson comparisons surrounding their titular farming shows, and insists he’s not ‘copying anyone.’
The 38-year-old soap star turned countryman shared his new life on his 18th century, 120-acre farm in the Peak District, while the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host, 61, showcased his journey of taking over the day-to-day running of his farm in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire.
Considering the BBC and the Amazon Prime Video series have the same word in the titles, attentive fans couldn’t help but compare Kelvin Fletcher’s Farm to Jeremy’s, Clarkson’s Farm.
Although Kelvin stressed that he has nothing but ‘love’ for the Grand Tour presenter’s content, he didn’t ‘need to’ look to anyone else for inspiration.
When asked how he felt the resemblance between the programmes on Netmums podcast, Sweat, Snot & Tears, Kelvin said: ‘It’s a bit unfair I think.
‘There’s a whole host of that type of show, I can think of half a dozen straight the way, you know idyllic, country living, representing the industry and giving you an insight into what it’s like, something a little light-hearted.
‘So to be compared exclusively to Clarkson I think is a little random. As people can see it’s a completely different show,’ he added.
The former Strictly Come Dancing winner also suggested that while Jeremy’s beloved Diddly Squat farm shop made its TV debut first, his show was already in the works months prior.
‘We were already three months into production when Clarkson’s came out,’ he added.
‘So to suggest that we’ve, and we did get a lot of suggestions, like “oh they’ve just ripped it off or they’ve copycatted it.”
‘Don’t forget there’s probably a three to four month development process, there’s a pitching process, a commission process, we were three months down the line into filming.’
He continued: ‘We are fans of all of those shows, Clarkson’s, we love the show, we binged watched it.’
Jeremy’s docuseries, which has been confirmed for a second season, was praised by fans and fellow celebrity stars.
Countryfile’s Adam Henson described the show as ‘hysterical’ and also said he admired how Jeremy highlighted the ‘difficulties’ within the farming community.
Kelvin recently addressed the prevalent mental health issues within the farming community in support of this year’ Mind Your Head campaign.
‘Before joining farming, I had no idea the community was so heavily impacted by bad mental health,’ he said.
‘Campaigns like Mind Your Head are so important if we’re going to chip away at the stigma that surrounds mental illness in the industry.’
Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure is available to watch on BBC iPlayer and Clarkson’s Farm is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
Credit: Original article published here.You can read this post on My Celebrity Life.
Kelvin Fletcher has responded to the Jeremy Clarkson comparisons surrounding their titular farming shows, and insists he’s not ‘copying anyone.’
The 38-year-old soap star turned countryman shared his new life on his 18th century, 120-acre farm in the Peak District, while the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host, 61, showcased his journey of taking over the day-to-day running of his farm in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire.
Considering the BBC and the Amazon Prime Video series have the same word in the titles, attentive fans couldn’t help but compare Kelvin Fletcher’s Farm to Jeremy’s, Clarkson’s Farm.
Although Kelvin stressed that he has nothing but ‘love’ for the Grand Tour presenter’s content, he didn’t ‘need to’ look to anyone else for inspiration.
When asked how he felt the resemblance between the programmes on Netmums podcast, Sweat, Snot & Tears, Kelvin said: ‘It’s a bit unfair I think.
‘There’s a whole host of that type of show, I can think of half a dozen straight the way, you know idyllic, country living, representing the industry and giving you an insight into what it’s like, something a little light-hearted.
‘So to be compared exclusively to Clarkson I think is a little random. As people can see it’s a completely different show,’ he added.
The former Strictly Come Dancing winner also suggested that while Jeremy’s beloved Diddly Squat farm shop made its TV debut first, his show was already in the works months prior.
‘We were already three months into production when Clarkson’s came out,’ he added.
‘So to suggest that we’ve, and we did get a lot of suggestions, like “oh they’ve just ripped it off or they’ve copycatted it.”
‘Don’t forget there’s probably a three to four month development process, there’s a pitching process, a commission process, we were three months down the line into filming.’
He continued: ‘We are fans of all of those shows, Clarkson’s, we love the show, we binged watched it.’
Jeremy’s docuseries, which has been confirmed for a second season, was praised by fans and fellow celebrity stars.
Countryfile’s Adam Henson described the show as ‘hysterical’ and also said he admired how Jeremy highlighted the ‘difficulties’ within the farming community.
Kelvin recently addressed the prevalent mental health issues within the farming community in support of this year’ Mind Your Head campaign.
‘Before joining farming, I had no idea the community was so heavily impacted by bad mental health,’ he said.
‘Campaigns like Mind Your Head are so important if we’re going to chip away at the stigma that surrounds mental illness in the industry.’
Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure is available to watch on BBC iPlayer and Clarkson’s Farm is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
Credit: Original article published here.You can read this post on My Celebrity Life.