Clarkson Farm fans delighted after star shares ‘great’ health news

Alan the Builder became a household name as a member of Clarkson’s Farm (Picture: Amazon Prime Video)

Fans of Clarkson’s Farm have been relieved to hear that resident builder Alan Townsend – or Alan the Builder – is doing well following his recent heart surgery.

Viewers have grown to love Diddly Squat handyman Alan, who’s been integral in helping Jeremy Clarkson open his new pub, The Farmer’s Dog.

In the fourth series, which is currently airing on Amazon Prime, Alan revealed that he was facing major heart surgery.

In scenes filmed last year, the middle-aged builder told Jeremy that he was feeling ‘terrified’ ahead of his upcoming appointment.

‘Yeah, we’re in next Tuesday at the hospital. Quadruple bypass coming,’ he revealed as he and Jeremy celebrated the pub’s opening.

He continued: ‘I don’t even like thinking about it. That’s why I keep going to work — keep out of the way. They told me to really just take it easy and stay at home. But if you stay, you’ll be worrying to death about it.’

Updating fans via an Instagram comment this week, Alan has revealed how that surgery went – and he’s now doing vey well, thanks for asking.

Alan revealed that he was set to undergo a quadruple heart bypass (Picture: Amazon Prime Video) Alan was Jeremy’s right hand man in getting The Farmer’s Dog up and running (Picture: Amazon Prime Video)

In a post on Instagram, Alan shared an image of himself with Clarkson’s Farm co-star Gerald Cooper, hard at work digging a hole in the property.

‘Gerald and Alan digging post holes at their age??’ Alan captioned the image.

Talk quickly turned to Alan’s heart surgery, with one fan pointing out how healthy the builder was looking.

‘Alan how did the heart surgery go? It looks like it went well!’ asked ohboymikoi in the comments below.

‘Brilliant thank you x’ replied Alan.

Other fans were quick to congratulate Alan on his recovery, with canadiancooking writing: ‘Really happy to hear! Hello from Canada!’

‘Thank f*ck. just finished the show now and came looking straight away. Good man,’ said thatseanyfellow.

‘Glad the op went well buddy. Just finished the last episode 🙌’ commented tuff.world.

‘Alan; the nation is behind you and your recovery. Glad to see you looking well pal,’ said 19robs88.

Fans were overjoyed to hear of Alan’s recovery (Picture: Amazon Prime Video)

Alan was instrumental in the opening of Jeremy’s latest venture, The Farmer’s Dog.

Located near Burford in Oxfordshire, the pub opened its doors in August last year, following the success of his Diddly Squat farm shop.

However, not everyone was thrilled with Jeremy’s approach to land-lording, which features £60 merchandise, and eye-watering £5.50 pints.

He also revealed an £85 date night menu – and was hit with fresh controversy after using an AI image to advertise the event.

In the picture, a pie with bunny ears popping out sits next to a squirrel on a chopping board and plated animal brains.

‘Fed up with beige, safe food? Want to try new things? Difficult things? Weird things?’ Jeremy teased.

‘This is not an event for the faddy or those of a vegan disposition, as it will have a menu filled with all the things that people normally discard.

‘You might hate half of it. But you might go home with a steely determination to eat stomach lining as often as possible.’

Clarkson’s Farm season 4 is available to stream now on Amazon Prime Video

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