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)

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]

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

History

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.

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.

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
18 November 200120 December 20017
216 September 200921 October 20096

International versions

CountryNameChannelHostPremiereWebsite
 AustraliaThe Farmer Wants a WifeNine Network
Seven Network
Natalie Gruzlewski
Sam McClymont
24 October 2007Link
 AustriaBauer sucht FrauATVKatrin Lampe
Arabella Kiesbauer
2005Link Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
 Belgium ( Flanders)Boer zoekt VrouwVTMDina TersagoMarch 2004Link
 Belgium ( Wallonia)L'amour est dans le préRTL-TVISandrine Dans2008Link
 BulgariaФермер търси жена
Fermer tyrsi jena
Nova TelevisionAleks Surchajieva2011
 CanadaL'amour est dans le préV/NoovoMarie-Ève Janvier
Katherine Levac
29 January 2011Link
Farming for LoveCTVSabrina Jalees28 May 2023
 CroatiaLjubav je na seluRTLLorena Nosić (2009–2010)
Marijana Batinić (2012–2020)
Anita Martinović (2021-2023)
2009Link
 Czech RepublicFarmář hledá ženuTV PrimaLaďka Něrgešová14 July 2010Link
3 April 2022
TV BarrandovAlice Bendová3 March 2017Link
 DenmarkBonde søger brudKanal 4Anne-Dorte2006–2008
Landmand søger kærlighed TV 2 Lene Beier 2013
 EstoniaMaamees otsib naistKanal 2Krista LensinMay 2007Link
 FinlandMaajussille morsianMTV3Miia Nuutila
Mia Halonen
Vappu Pimiä
26 March 2006Link
 FranceL'amour est dans le préM6Véronique Mounier
Alessandra Sublet
Karine Le Marchand
8 September 2005Link 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
 GreeceΑγρότης μόνος ψάχνει
Agrótis mónos psáchnei
Alpha TVSissy Christidou1 July 2009Link
 HungaryHázasodna a gazdaRTLIldikó Kovalcsik "Lilu" (2012)
Anikó Nádai (2019–)
29 June 2012Link
 ItalyIl contadino cerca moglieFox Life, TV8, Sky Uno (2015–2018)
Nove (2021–)
Simona Ventura
Ilenia Lazzarin
Diletta Leotta
Gabriele Corsi
2015
 LatviaSaimnieks meklē sievuTV3Baiba Sipeniece2009Link
 LithuaniaŪkininkas ieško žmonosTV3Nijolė Pareigytė26 April 2011Link
 NetherlandsBoer zoekt VrouwNPO 1Yvon Jaspers21 November 2004Link
 NorwayJakten på kjærlighetenTV2Marthe Sveberg24 August 2004Link
 PolandRolnik szuka żonyTVP1Marta Manowska21 May 2014Link
 Portugal Quem quer namorar com o agricultor? SIC Andreia Rodrigues 10 March 2019
 RomaniaFermier. Caut nevastăPrima TVLuana Ibacka12 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
 SlovakiaFarmár hľadá ženuTV JOJAneta Parišková2010Link
 South AfricaBoer soek 'n VrouMNetElma Postma30 September 2008Link
 SpainGranjero busca esposaCuatroLuján Argüelles (2009–2011)
Carlos Lozano (2016–2018)
12 January 2009Link Archived 11 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
 SwedenBonde söker fruTV4Linda Lindorff2006Link
  SwitzerlandBauer, ledig, sucht...3+Marco Fritsche2008Link
 UkraineФермер шукає дружину
Fermer shukaye druzhynu
STBIrina Borisyuk30 September 2011Link Archived 12 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
 United StatesFarmer Wants a WifeThe CWMatt Neustadt30 April 2008Link
FoxJennifer Nettles8 March 2023

References

  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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