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25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Clarkson, however, shared his prediction that the popular BBC gardening programme won’t get the same ratings without Don at its helm.
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programme → share → helm
He said television shows must get “bigger” if they want to survive amid a fragmented media landscape and the rise of social media content creators.
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they → say → creators
“We’ve always had event television, but there’s very few, very little of it nowadays.
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We → have → it
But I just think that television must now get bigger,” he said at the Royal Television Society London Convention 2026.
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he → think → Convention
The Clarkson’s Farm star, 66, went on: “If you actually do gardening shows, I don’t know how they’re going to survive, especially without Monty Don.
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they → go → Don
“Anyone can do a gardening thing on social media or cookery.
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Anyone → do → media
So I think it’s very difficult to make a television show work unless you’re cooking on the Moon or you know, doing something incredible.”
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you → think → something
Steering the topic to Clarkson’s Farm, he admitted the crew are worried about their salaries.
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crew → steer → salaries
“We’ve wrapped season six yesterday of Clarkson’s Farm.
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We → wrap → Farm
We need to get bigger, better, fewer, all the rest of it,” he said.
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he → need → it
“So there’s 35, 40, people on that crew who are now sitting at home thinking, ‘how are we going to pay our mortgage?’”
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we → ’ → mortgage
He added: “I know a huge amount of producers that I’ve worked with over the years, really, really clever people, decent, sensible, hard-working people, who cannot find work in the industry.”
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who → add → industry
Clarkson referenced remarks by Channel 4 chief executive Priya Dogra, who said she has no intention of merging the station with the BBC.
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she → reference → BBC
The former Top Gear star believes all TV stations may have to merge in order to ensure their survival.
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stations → believe → survival
He said: “I think they are (going to merge), I actually believe more than that.
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I → say → that
I actually think that television in this country can at least survive and should do this, the whole lot of us; BBC, ITV, Sky, Channel Four, Channel Five.”
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television → think → us
Clarkson’s Farm, which airs on Prime Video, has proven popular with viewers – which the broadcaster believes is down to its authenticity.
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broadcaster → air → authenticity
He contrasted this with his previous roles on Top Gear and The Grand Tour, where events were “planned”.
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events → contrast → Gear
He said: “I started to notice this visceral hatred with audiences, and it really is.
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it → say → audiences
There’s no such thing as mild disliking social media, and they absolutely hated anything that they suspected was scripted or faked.
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they → ’ → anything
It’s unfair to say Top Gear and The Grand Tour were fake but it was planned, the big set pieces were planned.”
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pieces → ’ → ?
Clarkson added: “With Clarkson’s Farm, you have absolutely no idea what you’re going to do that day.
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you → add → what
It’s a totally different programme.
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It → ’ → ?
“You just see me going, ‘why is that sheep dead?’
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sheep → see → ?
It’s a much more human place to be and much more in tune with the times.”
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It → ’ → times
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