| Genre: | Dating game show |
| Num Episodes: | 13 |
| Num Series: | 2 |
| Company: | Thames Television (2001) FremantleMedia (2009) |
| Starring: | Catherine Gee (2001) Louise Redknapp (2009) |
| Executive Producer: | John Longley |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | ITV (2001) Channel 5 (2009) |
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]
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.
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 November 2001 | 20 December 2001 | 7 | |
| 2 | 16 September 2009 | 21 October 2009 | 6 |
| Country | Name | Channel | Host | Premiere | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Farmer Wants a Wife | Link | ||||
| Bauer sucht Frau | Link | ||||
| Boer zoekt Vrouw | Link | ||||
| L'amour est dans le pré | Sandrine Dans | Link | |||
| Фермер търси жена Fermer tyrsi jena | Nova Television | Aleks Surchajieva(2011) Didi TOdorova (2015) | |||
| L'amour est dans le pré | Marie-Ève Janvier Katherine Levac | Link | |||
| Farming for Love | |||||
| Ljubav je na selu | Lorena Nosić (2009–2010) Marijana Batinić (2012–2020) Anita Martinović (2021–present) | Link | |||
| Farmář hledá ženu | Laďka Něrgešová | Link | |||
| Alice Bendová | Link | ||||
| Bonde søger brud | Anne-Dorte | –2008 | |||
| Landmand søger kærlighed | Lene Beier | ||||
| Maamees otsib naist | Krista Lensin | Link | |||
| Maajussille morsian | Miia Nuutila Mia Halonen Vappu Pimiä | Link | |||
| L'amour est dans le pré | Véronique Mounier Alessandra Sublet Karine Le Marchand | Link | |||
| Bauer sucht Frau | Inka Bause | Link | |||
| Land und Liebe | Yared Dibaba | Link | |||
| Αγρότης μόνος ψάχνει Agrótis mónos psáchnei | Sissy Christidou | Link | |||
| Házasodna a gazda | Ildikó Kovalcsik "Lilu" (2012) Anikó Nádai (2019–) | Link | |||
| Love in the Country | 6 November 2023 | ||||
| Il contadino cerca moglie | Fox Life, TV8, Sky Uno (2015–2018) Nove (2021–) | Simona Ventura Ilenia Lazzarin Diletta Leotta Gabriele Corsi | |||
| Saimnieks meklē sievu | Link | ||||
| Ūkininkas ieško žmonos | Nijolė Pareigytė | Link | |||
| Boer zoekt Vrouw | Link | ||||
| Jakten på kjærligheten | Marthe Sveberg | Link | |||
| Rolnik szuka żony | Link | ||||
| Quem quer namorar com o agricultor? | SIC | Andreia Rodrigues | https://sic.pt/Programas/quem-quer-namorar-com-o-agricultor | ||
| Fermier. Caut nevastă | Luana Ibacka | ||||
| Domaćine, oženi se | Tijana Čurović | ||||
| Ljubezen na seniku | Saša Lendero | ||||
| Ljubezen na deželi | Planet TV | Saša Lendero | |||
| Ljubezen po domače | Tanja Postružnik | Link | |||
| Farmár hľadá ženu | Aneta Parišková | Link | |||
| Boer soek 'n Vrou | Link | ||||
| Granjero busca esposa | Luján Argüelles (2009–2011) Carlos Lozano (2016–2018) | Link | |||
| Bonde söker fru | Linda Lindorff | Link | |||
| Bauer, ledig, sucht... | 3+ | Marco Fritsche | Link | ||
| Фермер шукає дружину Fermer shukaye druzhynu | Irina Borisyuk | Link | |||
| Farmer Wants a Wife | Matt Neustadt | Link | |||