Jeremy Clarkson and the rest of the team at Diddly Squat made a triumphant return to screens earlier this month with the third season of Clarkson's Farm.
Season three smashed Amazon's ratings record upon its release after it was streamed by over five million UK viewers according to BARB, decimating the record it had previously set with its second season.
Throughout the third season, fans learned the worrying news that Chadlington favourite Gerald Cooper had been diagnosed with cancer while Clarkson and partner Lisa Hogan struggled to deal with the numerous piglet deaths on the farm.
There were moments of levity, however, including brilliant back-and-forths between Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper - whose trip to London provided a hilarious encounter with the prime minister - as well as his childish tellings-off from land agent Charlie Ireland.
However, despite Clarkson insisting the entire series isn't scripted or manufactured in any way, some fans have claimed two scenes, in particular, took away from the show's authenticity during the fourth run.
Kaleb Cooper was tasked with spreading fertiliser with a hovercraft at one point
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The scenes in question included Clarkson getting Cooper to help pick blackberries using a hefty piece of machinery before later tasking him with spreading fertiliser using a hovercraft.
On a Reddit thread asking fans to rank the three seasons of Clarkson's Farm in order of their favourites, one person placed the third season last and explained: "Season 3 - Has some great moments but very uneven with a few parts feeling intentionally done for TV (the hovercraft and competition)."
In response, a second person shared the same frustration: "Yeah, I wish they would not put as many gaffs like the hovercraft in because I don’t think people get that much value entertainment-wise from them."
While a third took aim at the picking scene: "The blackberry picker did smell a lot like some of the later TG/TGT stunts which so clearly were never going to work and almost planned to fail."
Jeremy Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper have starred in every episode of Clarkson's Farm
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In another general discussion thread on the forum site, others similarly claimed Clarkson's mishap with the blackerry picking machine was also made for TV, leading to frustrations.
"The blackberry picking machine was definitely for entertainment purposes only," one person slammed before another compared it to an ill-fated stunt from The Grand Tour.
However, several fans were quick to defend the use of comic relief scenes given the harrowing moments season three delivered, such as the never-ending piglet deaths and complexities of regenerative farming.
One fan argued: "I mean it was no more than 5 minutes in one episode of Kaleb messing about. If it was longer or multiple things it'd get annoying."
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Clarkson's Farm: Jeremy and Kaleb's hovercraft scene irked some viewers
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And in a separate Reddit thread discussing the funniest moments of season three, another praised the scene: "When Kaleb fell out of the hovercraft I couldn't breathe for laughing."
Question marks over the authenticity of Clarkson's Farm have been rife since the get-go, especially with famous faces like Johnny Vegas claiming the entire show is set up.
However, Clarkson took to X, formerly Twitter after season four had ended to once again reaffirm everything fans see on-screen is entirely real.
In response to a fan who'd praised the show for highlighting the issues facing British farmers, Clarkson replied: "You’re dead right. It isn’t created or written or planned. The cameras just film us doing stuff."
Clarkson's former Top Gear and Grand Tour colleague Richard Hammond has also spoken publicly in defence of the show's authenticity prior to season three.
