Farmer Wants a Wife
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.
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 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.
Transmissions
International versions
| Country | Name | Channel | Host | Premiere | Website |
| The Farmer Wants a Wife | Nine Network Seven Network | Natalie Gruzlewski Sam McClymont | |||
| Bauer sucht Frau | ATV | Katrin Lampe Arabella Kiesbauer | |||
| Boer zoekt Vrouw | VTM | Dina Tersago | |||
| L'amour est dans le pré | RTL-TVI | Sandrine Dans | |||
| Фермер търси жена Fermer tyrsi jena | Nova Television | Aleks Surchajieva | |||
| L'amour est dans le pré | V | Marie-Ève Janvier | |||
| Ljubav je na selu | RTL | Lorena Nosić Marijana Batinić | - | ||
| Farmář hledá ženu | TV Prima | Laďka Něrgešová | |||
| Farmář hledá ženu | TV Barrandov | Alice Bendová | |||
| Farmář hledá ženu | TV Nova | soon | TBA | ||
| Bonde søger brud | Kanal 4 | Anne-Dorte | -2008 | ||
| Landmand søger kærlighed | TV 2 | Lene Beier | 2013- | ||
| Maamees otsib naist | Kanal 2 | Krista Lensin | |||
| Maajussille morsian | MTV3 | Miia Nuutila Mia Halonen Vappu Pimiä | |||
| L'amour est dans le pré | M6 | Véronique Mounier Alessandra Sublet Karine Le Marchand | |||
| Bauer sucht Frau | RTL | Inka Bause | |||
| Land und Liebe | NDR Fernsehen | Yared Dibaba | |||
| Αγρότης μόνος ψάχνει Agrótis mónos psáchnei | Alpha TV | Sissy Christidou | |||
| Αγρότης μόνος ψάχνει Agrótis mónos psáchnei | Skai TV | Eleni Tsolaki | Cancelled | ||
| Házasodna a gazda | RTL Klub | Kovalcsik Ildikó "Lilu" Nádai Anikó | |||
| Il contadino cerca moglie | Fox Life TV8 | Simona Ventura Ilenia Lazzarin Diletta Leotta | |||
| Ūkininkas ieško žmonos | TV3 | Nijolė Pareigytė | |||
| Boer zoekt Vrouw | NPO 1 | Yvon Jaspers | |||
| Jakten på kjærligheten | TV2 | Marthe Sveberg | |||
| :pl:Rolnik szuka żony|Rolnik szuka żony | TVP1 | :pl:Marta Manowska|Marta Manowska | |||
| :pt:Quem Quer Namorar com o Agricultor?|Quem quer namorar com o agricultor? | SIC | :pt:Andreia Rodrigues|Andreia Rodrigues | |||
| Fermier. Caut nevastă | Prima TV | Luana Ibacka | |||
| Domaćine, oženi se | Prva | Tijana Čurović | |||
| Ljubezen na seniku | TV3 | Saša Lendero | |||
| Ljubezen na deželi | Planet TV | Saša Lendero | |||
| Ljubezen po domače | POP TV | Tanja Postružnik | |||
| Farmár hľadá ženu | TV JOJ | Aneta Parišková | |||
| Boer soek 'n Vrou | MNet | Elma Postma | |||
| Granjero busca esposa | Cuatro | Luján Argüelles Carlos Lozano | |||
| Bonde söker fru | TV4 | Linda Lindorff | |||
| Bauer, ledig, sucht... | 3+ | Marco Fritsche | |||
| Фермер шукає дружину Fermer shukaye druzhynu | STB | Irina Borisyuk | |||
| Farmer Wants a Wife | The CW | Matt Neustadt |