Farmer Wants a Wife is a reality television series developed by Fremantle Media. The basic structure of the programme is that a number of farmers are presented with women from the city, from whom they choose one to be their spouse. The first edition premièred in the United Kingdom on ITV in 2001. However, the original format of the programme is likely to date back to the TV programme Bauer sucht Bäuerin, which was broadcast in 1983 on SF DRS in Switzerland.[1]

Farmer Wants a Wife
GenreDating game show
StarringCatherine Gee (2001)
Louise Redknapp (2009)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerJohn Longley
Production companiesThames Television (2001)
FremantleMedia (2009)
Original release
NetworkITV (2001)
Channel 5 (2009)
Release8 November 2001 (2001-11-08) –
21 October 2009 (2009-10-21)

Some versions have also occasionally included gay or women farmers who were seeking husbands.[2]

History

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After its UK debut in 2001, the show had more than 10 localised versions around the world, with mixed ratings reports. It was the No. 1 television show for stations that aired it in Belgium and Norway, and was the highest rated (up to 60%) entertainment show in the Netherlands.[citation needed]

Premiered in spring 2008, the U.S. version of Farmer Wants a Wife consists of 8 episodes, during which 10 women are trying to be chosen by just one bachelor farmer. In this the U.S. version differed from the other international versions and it was more fictionalised. This version got cancelled by The CW after one season.

In September 2009, Farmer Wants a Wife returned to British television for a series on Channel 5, presented by singer and television personality Louise Redknapp.[citation needed]

Transmissions

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Series Start date End date Episodes
1 8 November 2001 20 December 2001 7
2 16 September 2009 21 October 2009 6

International versions

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Country Name Channel Host Premiere Website
  Australia The Farmer Wants a Wife Nine Network
Seven Network
Natalie Gruzlewski
Sam McClymont
24 October 2007 Link
  Austria Bauer sucht Frau ATV Katrin Lampe
Arabella Kiesbauer
2005 Link Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  Belgium
(  Flanders)
Boer zoekt Vrouw VTM Dina Tersago March 2004 Link
  Belgium
(  Wallonia)
L'amour est dans le pré RTL-TVI Sandrine Dans 2008 Link
  Bulgaria Фермер търси жена
Fermer tyrsi jena
Nova Television Aleks Surchajieva(2011)
Didi TOdorova (2015)
2011
  Canada L'amour est dans le pré V/Noovo Marie-Ève Janvier
Katherine Levac
29 January 2011 Link
Farming for Love CTV Sabrina Jalees 28 May 2023
  Croatia Ljubav je na selu RTL Lorena Nosić (2009–2010)
Marijana Batinić (2012–2020)
Anita Martinović (2021–present)
4 September 2008 Link
  Czech Republic Farmář hledá ženu TV Prima Laďka Něrgešová 14 July 2010 Link Archived 20 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine
3 April 2022
TV Barrandov Alice Bendová 3 March 2017 Link
  Denmark Bonde søger brud Kanal 4 Anne-Dorte 2006–2008
Landmand søger kærlighed TV 2 Lene Beier 2013
  Estonia Maamees otsib naist Kanal 2 Krista Lensin May 2007 Link
  Finland Maajussille morsian MTV3 Miia Nuutila
Mia Halonen
Vappu Pimiä
26 March 2006 Link
  France L'amour est dans le pré M6 Véronique Mounier
Alessandra Sublet
Karine Le Marchand
8 September 2005 Link Archived 29 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  Germany Bauer sucht Frau RTL Inka Bause 2 October 2005 Link
Land und Liebe NDR Fernsehen Yared Dibaba 2005 Link Archived 19 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  Greece Αγρότης μόνος ψάχνει
Agrótis mónos psáchnei
Alpha TV Sissy Christidou 1 July 2009 Link
  Hungary Házasodna a gazda RTL Ildikó Kovalcsik "Lilu" (2012)
Anikó Nádai (2019–)
29 June 2012 Link
  Ireland Love in the Country RTÉ2 Anna Geary 6 November 2023
  Italy Il contadino cerca moglie Fox Life, TV8, Sky Uno (2015–2018)
Nove (2021–)
Simona Ventura
Ilenia Lazzarin
Diletta Leotta
Gabriele Corsi
2015
  Latvia Saimnieks meklē sievu TV3 Baiba Sipeniece 2009 Link
  Lithuania Ūkininkas ieško žmonos TV3 Nijolė Pareigytė 26 April 2011 Link
  Netherlands Boer zoekt Vrouw NPO 1 Yvon Jaspers 21 November 2004 Link
  Norway Jakten på kjærligheten TV2 Marthe Sveberg 24 August 2004 Link
  Poland Rolnik szuka żony TVP1 Marta Manowska 21 May 2014 Link
  Portugal Quem quer namorar com o agricultor? SIC Andreia Rodrigues 10 March 2019 [1]
  Romania Fermier. Caut nevastă Prima TV Luana Ibacka 12 March 2009
  Serbia Domaćine, oženi se Prva Tijana Čurović 15 October 2010
  Slovenia Ljubezen na seniku TV3 Saša Lendero Spring 2011
Ljubezen na deželi Planet TV Saša Lendero Autumn 2013
Ljubezen po domače POP TV Tanja Postružnik Autumn 2016 Link
  Slovakia Farmár hľadá ženu TV JOJ Aneta Parišková 2010 Link
  South Africa Boer soek 'n Vrou MNet Elma Postma 30 September 2008 Link
  Spain Granjero busca esposa Cuatro Luján Argüelles (2009–2011)
Carlos Lozano (2016–2018)
12 January 2009 Link Archived 11 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  Sweden Bonde söker fru TV4 Linda Lindorff 2006 Link Archived 3 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
   Switzerland Bauer, ledig, sucht... 3+ Marco Fritsche 2008 Link
  Ukraine Фермер шукає дружину
Fermer shukaye druzhynu
STB Irina Borisyuk 30 September 2011 Link Archived 12 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  United States Farmer Wants a Wife The CW Matt Neustadt 30 April 2008 Link
Fox Jennifer Nettles 8 March 2023

References

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  1. ^ "TV: Bauer sucht Frau - Wer hat's erfunden?". sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. ^ Henry Samuel (6 January 2015). "French 'Farmer Wants a Wife' to feature first gay candidate". The Daily Telegraph.
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