Farmer Wants a Wife

This article is about the original British show and its adaptations. For the Australian series, see The Farmer Wants a Wife (Australian TV series). For the U.S. edition, see Farmer Wants a Wife (U.S. TV series).

Farmer Wants a Wife

Developed by	Thames Television (2001) FremantleMedia (2009)
Starring	Catherine Gee (2001) Louise Redknapp (2009)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of seasons	2
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Longley
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV (2001) Channel 5 (2009)
Picture format	16:9
Original run	8 November 2001 – 2009

Farmer Wants a Wife is a reality television series developed by Fremantle Media. 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 SRG SSR idée suisse in Switzerland.^[1] 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.

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. 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.

International adaptations

Country	Name	Channel	Host	Premiere	Website
Australia	The Farmer Wants a Wife	Nine Network	Natalie Gruzlewski	2007, 24 October	Link
Austria	Bauer sucht Frau	ATV	Katrin Lampe	2005	Link
Belgium	Boer zoekt Vrouw	VTM	Dina Tersago	2004, March	Link
Bulgaria	Фермер търси жена Fermer tyrsi jena	Nova Television	Aleks Surchajieva	2011
Canada	L'amour est dans le pré	V	Marie-Ève Janvier	2012, 29 January	Link
Croatia	Ljubav je na selu	RTL	Lorena Nosić,Marijana Batinić	2009-	Link
Czech	Farmář hledá ženu	TV Prima	Laďka Něrgešová	2010	Link
Denmark	Bonde søger brud	Kanal 4	Anne-Dorte	2006
Estonia	Maamees otsib naist	Kanal 2	Krista Lensin	2007, May	Link
Finland	Maajussille morsian	MTV3	Miia Nuutila Mia Halonen	2006, 26 March	Link
France	L'amour est dans le pré	M6	Véronique Mounier Alessandra Sublet Karine Le Marchand	2005, 8 September	Link
Germany	Bauer sucht Frau	RTL	Inka Bause	2005, 2 October	Link
Germany	Land und Liebe	NDR	Yared Dibaba	2005	Link
Greece	Αγρότης μόνος ψάχνει Agrótis mónos psáchnei	Alpha TV	Sissy Christidou	2009	Link
Hungary	Házasodna a gazda	RTL Klub	Lilu	2012, 29 June	Link
Italy	Farmer Wants a Wife	Fox Life	Simona Ventura	2015
Lithuania	Ūkininkas ieško žmonos	TV3	Nijolė Pareigytė	2011, 26 April	Link
Netherlands	Boer zoekt Vrouw	Nederland 1	Yvon Jaspers	2004, 21 November	Link
Norway	Jakten på kjærligheten	TV2	Marthe Sveberg	2004, 24 August	Link
Poland	Rolnik szuka żony	TVP1	Marta Manowska	2014, May 21	Link
Romania	Fermier. Caut nevastă	Prima TV	Luana Ibacka	2009, 12 March
Serbia	Domaćine, oženi se	Prva	Tijana Čurović	2010, 15 October	Link
Slovenia	Ljubezen na seniku / Ljubezen na deželi	TV3 Slovenia Planet TV	Saša Lendero	2011, 18 April / autumn 2013	Link
Slovakia	Farmár hľadá ženu	TV JOJ	Aneta Parišková	2010	Link
South Africa	Boer soek 'n Vrou	MNet	Elma Postma	2008, 30 September	Link
Spain	Granjero busca esposa	Cuatro	Luján Argüelles	2009, 12 January	Link
Sweden	Bonde söker fru	TV4	Linda Lindorff	2006	Link
Switzerland	Bauer, ledig, sucht...	3+	Marco Fritsche	2008	Link
Ukraine	Фермер шукає дружину Fermer shukaye druzhynu	STB	Irina Borisyuk	2011, 30 September	Link
United States	Farmer Wants a Wife	The CW	Matt Neustadt	2008, 30 April	Link