Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher has denied claims new show is “ripping off” Jeremy Clarkson’s farming series .
The actor insisted on This Morning that Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure., which examines him and his family taking up farming, is completely different to Jeremy’s Amazon show Clarkson’s Farm.
His comments came after fans on social media shared the stark similarities between the two programmes.
The Andy Sugden star also alleged his show had already been filming for months when Clarkson’s Farm first aired.
Kelvin, 38, explained how he and his wife are big fans of it Clarkson’s show.
Host Alison Hammond asking Kelvin he’s taken any “tips” from Jeremy’s programme?
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He replied: “Clarkson’s has been brilliant hasn’t it? And there’s so many of those programmes, Channel 5 have got one with Yorkshire Farm and Matt Baker’s got one, we’ve been huge fans of those shows anyway!”
Kelvin then explained he was already several months into filming before the former Top Gear host’s show first aired.
He said: “We were already three, four months into filming when Clarkson’s came out. For me, they all represent something different, they all showcase what that industry is.
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“We feel that we’re a different show, we’re two newbies, two newcomers but we’re huge fans of their shows and hopefully they’re fans of ours as well.”
He also revealed that he and his family started family started farming as they “just wanted a change.”
Kelvin added: “The sense of unknown has always excited me so we just wanted to seek a challenge. As an actor you always want to embrace the unknown.
“It was such a simple, wholesome way of living and then fast forward a commission with the BBC and the next thing we knew we have a BBC film crew filming our every move!”
He also revealed that at first they didn’t know what they were doing.
Kelvin added they “learnt fast” and are now wanting to be “recognised as proper farmers.”
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“We’re not just playing at this.
“This is a huge statement, a huge move to make for me and my family…
“We’re really getting into farming, we’re looking it and trying to understand that there’s a lot of hard work, sometimes very little reward.”
“We’re two people who were very green, who didn’t know what they were doing but we’ve learnt fast and I’m absolutely committed that we would be recognised as proper farmers.”
The next episode of Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure airs on 8.30pm on BBC1
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