Farmer Wants a Wife

	Farmer Wants a Wife
Format	Reality television
Developed by	FremantleMedia
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV1
Original airing	2001

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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 is a reality television series developed by Fremantle Media. The first edition premiered in UK on ITV1 in 2001. However, the original idea probably dates back to the TV program Bauer sucht Bäuerin, broadcasted 1983 in the Swiss television.^[1] The basic premise is that 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 localized 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^[2]. 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 fictionalized.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] International adaptations

Country	Name	Channel	Language	Premiere	Website
Australia	The Farmer Wants a Wife	Nine Network	English	2007	Link
Austria	Bauer sucht Frau	ATV	German	2005	Link
Belgium	Boer zoekt Vrouw	VTM	Dutch	2004	Link
Estonia	Maamees otsib naist	Kanal 2	Estonian	2007	Link
Finland	Maajussille morsian	MTV3	Finnish	2006	Link
France	L'amour est dans le pré	M6	French	2006	Link
Germany	Bauer sucht Frau	RTL	German	2005	Link
Greece	Αγρότης μόνος ψάχνει (Lone farmer seeks)	Alpha TV	Greek	2009	Link
Netherlands	Boer zoekt Vrouw	Nederland 1	Dutch	2004	Link
Norway	Jakten på kjærligheten	TV2	Norwegian	2004	Link
South Africa	Boer soek 'n Vrou	MNet	Afrikaans	2007	Link
Spain	Granjero busca esposa	Cuatro	Spanish	2008	Link
Sweden	Bonde söker fru	TV4	Swedish	2006	Link
United States	Farmer Wants a Wife	CW	English	2008	Link