{"id":15579,"date":"2026-01-27T12:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/itv-commissions-farmer-wants-a-wife-revival\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:14:15","slug":"itv-commissions-farmer-wants-a-wife-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/itv-commissions-farmer-wants-a-wife-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Commissions Farmer Wants a Wife Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned <em>Farming for Love<\/em>, a revival of the dating series <em>Farmer Wants a Wife<\/em>, which aired in the U.K. on ITV in 2001 and on Channel 5 in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFarming has never been more popular but finding love while running a farm remains a real challenge,\u201d said Nicola Lloyd, creative director at Naked TV, which is producing the series for ITV. \u201c<em>Farming for Love<\/em> has all the heart, humor and authenticity that make a great dating show, and I\u2019m thrilled we will be helping people find love this time on British farms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series will follow a group of single farmers as they go on a quest to find their perfect match. Farmers select potential partners from applications and invite them to move onto the farm, where they must experience the realities of rural life firsthand. As they live and work together, the couples discover whether love can really grow between them.<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle holds the global distribution and production rights to <em>Farmer Wants a Wife<\/em>, which is an original idea from the U.K.\u2019s <em>Country Living<\/em> magazine. The show has aired in more than 34 territories worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Farming for Love<\/em> is funny, feel-good and heartwarming,\u201d commented Katie Rawcliffe, director of entertainment, reality and daytime TV at ITV. \u201cIt\u2019s a love story with farming at the heart of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned Farming for Love, a revival of the dating series Farmer Wants a Wife, which aired in the U.K. on ITV in 2001 and on Channel 5 in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":15222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2748,2460,1482,377,2737,2117,4659],"class_list":["post-15579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-farmer-wants-a-wife","tag-farming-for-love","tag-fremantle","tag-itv","tag-katie-rawcliffe","tag-naked","tag-nicola-lloyd","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ITV Commissions Farmer Wants a Wife Revival - TVFORMATS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/itv-commissions-farmer-wants-a-wife-revival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ITV Commissions Farmer Wants a Wife Revival - TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ITV has commissioned Farming for Love, a revival of the dating series Farmer Wants a Wife, which aired in the U.K. on ITV in 2001 and on Channel 5 in 2009.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/itv-commissions-farmer-wants-a-wife-revival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-27T17:40:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-27T18:14:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/08\/itv-724.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/itv-commissions-farmer-wants-a-wife-revival\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/itv-commissions-farmer-wants-a-wife-revival\/\",\"name\":\"ITV Commissions Farmer Wants a Wife Revival - TVFORMATS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-27T17:40:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-27T18:14:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/itv-commissions-farmer-wants-a-wife-revival\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/itv-commissions-farmer-wants-a-wife-revival\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/itv-commissions-farmer-wants-a-wife-revival\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ITV Commissions Farmer Wants a Wife Revival\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\",\"name\":\"TVFORMATS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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