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
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
Production
Executive producer	John Longley
Original release
Network	ITV (2001) Channel 5 (2009)
Release	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 SF DRS in Switzerland. 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	October 24, 2007	Link
Austria	Bauer sucht Frau	ATV	Katrin Lampe Arabella Kiesbauer	2005	Link
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
Canada	L'amour est dans le pré	V	Marie-Ève Janvier	January 29, 2011	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	May 2007	Link
Finland	Maajussille morsian	MTV3	Miia Nuutila Mia Halonen	March 26, 2006	Link
France	L'amour est dans le pré	M6	Véronique Mounier Alessandra Sublet Karine Le Marchand	September 8, 2005	Link
Germany	Bauer sucht Frau	RTL	Inka Bause	October 2, 2005	Link
	Land und Liebe	NDR Fernsehen	Yared Dibaba	2005	Link
Greece	Αγρότης μόνος ψάχνει Agrótis mónos psáchnei	Alpha TV	Sissy Christidou	2009	Link
Hungary	Házasodna a gazda	RTL Klub	Lilu	June 29, 2012	Link
Italy	Il contadino cerca moglie	Fox Life TV8	Simona Ventura Ilenia Lazzarin	2015
Lithuania	Ūkininkas ieško žmonos	TV3	Nijolė Pareigytė	April 26, 2011	Link
Netherlands	Boer zoekt Vrouw	Nederland 1	Yvon Jaspers	November 21, 2004	Link
Norway	Jakten på kjærligheten	TV2	Marthe Sveberg	August 24, 2004	Link
Poland	Rolnik szuka żony	TVP1	Marta Manowska	May 21, 2014	Link
Romania	Fermier. Caut nevastă	Prima TV	Luana Ibacka	March 12, 2009
Serbia	Domaćine, oženi se	Prva	Tijana Čurović	October 15, 2010	Link
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	September 30, 2008	Link
Spain	Granjero busca esposa	Cuatro	Luján Argüelles Carlos Lozano	January 12, 2009	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	September 30, 2011	Link
United States	Farmer Wants a Wife	The CW	Matt Neustadt	April 30, 2008	Link

External links

• FremantleMedia's Site
• Farmer Wants a Wife at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com show
• - Links about FWW