Farmer Wants a Wife is a reality television series developed by Fremantle Media. The first edition premièred in United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 on ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

 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

SRG SSR idée suisse

SRG SSR is the Swiss public broadcasting organisation, founded in 1931 as SRG-SSR. Headquartered in Bern, SRG SSR is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees and making the remaining income from advertising and sponsorship.Switzerland's system of direct...

 in Switzerland

Switzerland

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. The basic structure of the program 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

Audience measurement

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. It was the No. 1 television show for stations that aired it in Belgium

Belgium

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 and Norway

Norway

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, and was the highest rated entertainment show in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. Premiered in spring 2008, the U.S. version of Farmer Wants a Wife

Farmer Wants a Wife (U.S. TV series)

Farmer Wants a Wife is a U.S. reality television series, based on the same-name British program, in which a bachelor farmer chooses a potential romantic partner among a group of 10 single city women....

 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

Louise Redknapp

Louise Elizabeth Redknapp is an English singer and media personality. She was a member of the girl group Eternal from 1992 to 1995, before becoming a solo singer . She has presented several television shows and served as a judge on the UK version of So You Think You Can Dance...

.

International adaptations

Country	Name	Channel	Hosted	Premiere	Website
Australia	The Farmer Wants a Wife The Farmer Wants a Wife (Australian TV series) The Farmer Wants a Wife is an Australian reality television series. Hosted by Getaway presenter Natalie Gruzlewski, the first six-episode series commenced on the Nine Network on 24 October 2007. Another 3 series have since aired, with Series 4 coming to an end in November 2009...	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...	Natalie Gruzlewski Natalie Gruzlewski Natalie Gruzlewski is an Australian television presenter & model.-Career:She began her TV career on the Gold Coast as host of Prime Television's Surf TV, a beach and surf conditions program....	24 October 2007	Link
Austria	Bauer sucht Frau	ATV ATV (Austria) ATV is currently the largest commercial television station in Austria and was originally the first commercial station to be aired via transmitters after a long time when commercial broadcasts in Austria were only possible via satellite or cable and the national public broadcaster ORF held a...	Katrin Lampe	2005	Link
Belgium	Boer zoekt Vrouw	VTM VTM The abbreviation VTM may refer to::* Vampire: The Masquerade, a popular role-playing game* Virginia Tech massacre* vtm, the main commercial television station in Flanders, Belgium...	Dina Tersago	2004	Link
Kingdom of Bulgaria	Фермер търси жена Fermer tyrsi jena	Nova television Nova Television Nova Television is the first Bulgarian commercial television network launched on July 16, 1994....	Aleks Surchajieva	2011	Link
Independent State of Croatia	Ljubav je na selu	RTL RTL Televizija RTL Televizija is a Croatian commercial broadcaster with national availability that has been broadcasting since April 30, 2004.RTL Televizija is 74% owned by the RTL Group....	Lorena Nosic	2009	Link
	Farmář hledá ženu	TV Prima TV Prima TV Prima is a Czech private television station. Its channel is broadcast from Prague. Its current owner is FTV Prima, spol. s r. o., general manager Marek Singer....	Laďka Něrgešová	2010	Link
Denmark	Bonde søger brud	Kanal 4 Kanal 4 Kanal 4 is a Danish subscription television channel operated by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The station is broadcast to Denmark by satellite from London, showing mainly films, US and drama shows.Kanal 4 profile them self as Denmark's only "women's channel"....	Anne-Dorte	2006	Link
Estonia	Maamees otsib naist	Kanal 2 Kanal 2 Kanal 2 is a privately owned Estonian television channel. Its literal name in English is "Channel 2".First broadcasts were aired on October 1, 1993.- Television series :Daytime* Victoria * Julia – Wege zum Glück ...	Krista Lensin	May 2007	Link
Finland	Maajussille morsian	MTV3 MTV3 MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...	Miia Nuutila Mia Halonen	26 March 2006	Link
Early Modern France	L'amour est dans le pré	M6	Véronique Mounier Alessandra Sublet Karine Le Marchand	20 July 2006	Link
Germany	Bauer sucht Frau	RTL RTL Television Rtl.de' redirects here. For other uses, see RTL.RTL Television , or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T , in larger population centres...	Inka Bause	2 October 2005	Link
	Land und Liebe	NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk Norddeutscher Rundfunk is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein...	Yared Dibaba	2005	Link
Greece	Αγρότης μόνος ψάχνει Agrótis mónos psáchnei	Alpha TV Alpha TV Alpha TV is a Greek terrestrial channel . The station features a mix of Greek and foreign shows with an emphasis on entertainment programs. The studios are located near Athens...	Sissy Christidou	2009	Link
Netherlands	Boer zoekt Vrouw	Nederland 1 Nederland 1 Nederland 1 is the first national television station in the Netherlands, it was launched on 2 October 1951. It provides public broadcasting and currently exists next to sister channels Nederland 2 and 3. The several broadcasting organisations of the Publieke Omroep deliver programmes. A wide...	Yvon Jaspers	21 November 2004	Link
Norway	Jakten på kjærligheten	TV2	Katrine Moholt	24 August 2004	Link
Kingdom of Romania	Fermier. Caut nevastă	Prima TV Prima TV Prima TV is a Romanian commercial TV channel, famous mainly for the Cronica Cârcotaşilor show and various reality shows.-Start:Prima TV was launched as one of the first commercial television stations in Romania in December 1997...	Luana Ibacka	12 March 2009	Link
Serbia	Domaćine, oženi se	Prva Prva Prva or Prva Srpska Televizija or 1Prva is a Serbian commercial television network.Launched in December 2006, the network is owned by Greek Antenna Group since December 2009. From its inception until December 2009, the network was majority owned by global media conglomerate News Corporation...	Tijana Čurović	15 October 2010	Link
Slovenia	Ljubezen na seniku	TV3 Slovenia TV3 Slovenia TV3 is a television channel in Slovenia owned by Modern Times Group . The channel was also known as Prva TV from 1 November 2004 to 1 October 2006....	Saša Lendero	18 April 2011	Link
Slovakia	Farmár hľadá ženu	TV JOJ TV JOJ -About TV JOJ:It was launched on 2 March 2002 as a successor of the TV Global, which was broadcasting since March 2000. TV Joj was built by former head of Czech Republic channel TV Nova, Vladimír Železný, when he was at war with TV Nova’s U.S. investor Central European Media Enterprises...	Aneta Parišková	2010	Link
South Africa	Boer soek 'n Vrou	MNet Mnet -Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow:Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow was a startup company founded by Jim McCoy et al. to create MojoNation. After several years, the company ran out of money and laid off most of its employees; Bram Cohen went on to create BitTorrent and Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn...	Elma Postma	30 September 2008	Link
Spain	Granjero busca esposa	Cuatro	Lujan Argüelles	12 January 2009	Link
Sweden	Bonde söker fru Bonde söker fru Bonde söker fru is a Swedish reality television program broadcast by TV4 based on the Fremantle format Farmer Wants a Wife. It features a number of single farmers who get to meet a number of potential partners and host some of them on their farms and go on an extended date with one...	TV4	Linda Lindorff	2006	Link
Switzerland	Bauer, ledig, sucht...	3+	Marco Fritsche	2008	Link
Ukraine	Фермер шукає дружину Fermer shukaye druzhynu	STB STB (Channel) STB is a Ukrainian commercial television network. Today, the coverage area of the network is 85% of Ukraine's territory. It is broadcast in all oblast centers and all Ukrainian cities with a population greater than 50,000...	Irina Borisyuk	30 September 2011	Link
United States	Farmer Wants a Wife Farmer Wants a Wife (U.S. TV series) Farmer Wants a Wife is a U.S. reality television series, based on the same-name British program, in which a bachelor farmer chooses a potential romantic partner among a group of 10 single city women....	The CW	Matt Neustadt	30 April 2008	Link