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 American series, see Farmer Wants a Wife (American TV series).

Farmer Wants a Wife
Genre	Dating game show
Starring	Catherine Gee (2001) Louise Redknapp (2009)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer	John Longley
Production companies	Thames Television (2001) FremantleMedia (2009)
Original release
Network	ITV (2001) Channel 5 (2009)
Release	8 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.

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

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

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

International versions

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

External links

• FremantleMedia's Site
• Farmer Wants a Wife at IMDb
• - Links about FWW