The Farm (British TV series)

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The Farm
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Genre Reality Television
Written byLes Keen
Directed byAlex Rudzinski
Presented by Ed Hall (2004)
Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan (2005)
Narrated byEd Hall (2004)
Theme music composer Bee Gees
Opening theme"Stayin' Alive" (instrumental), Bee Gees
Ending theme"Stayin' Alive" (instrumental), Bee Gees
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes22
Production
Executive producerLouise Rainbow
ProducersProducers:
Alex Dundas
Sean Hancock
Colin Whitaker
Debbie Woocock
Line Producer:
Ashley S. Gorman
Senior Producers:
Catherine Head
Andrew Robertson
Post Producer:
Tabitha Lentle
Assistant Producer:
Heather McGeever
Live Producer:
Sophie Wainwright
Series Producers:
Tess Cuming
Nick McNeilis
Task Producer:
Colin Whitaker
EditorsJennifer Hampson
Joe Pedder
Dave Tilley
Running time55 minutes
Production company Endemol UK
Release
Original network Five
Original release26 September 2004 (2004-09-26) 
26 May 2005 (2005-05-26)
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Celebs on the Farm

The Farm is the British version of the international TV format The Farm , produced by Strix. The show had a number of celebrities appear on it during its two series run on Five between 2004 and 2005. After the completion of the second series in 2005, Five revealed that they would not be airing any further series of the show. [1]

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In 2018, a revamped version of the show titled Celebs on the Farm premiered on 5Star.

Format

In the UK version of The Farm, the show puts a group of celebrities on a farm where they live together for a short period of time. On the farm, the contestants must do typical farmer work involving agriculture and animal rearing. At regular intervals, one of the contestants is evicted from the farm by way of a public telephone vote. This process is continued until only one contestant remains, and then they gain the title of "Top Farmer".

Series 1 (2004)

Series one was announced in the summer of 2004, [2] and eventually went to air from 26 September 2004, presented and narrated by Ed Hall. The show's first series broadcast in a nightly 10pm slot from 26 September to 17 October 2004.

The show's first series caused plenty of controversy for Five when in October 2004 it showed Rebecca Loos masturbating a pig and collecting a semen sample from it. [3] This incident among others also caused outrage from the RSPCA. [4]

The winner of the show by viewers' votes was Jeff Brazier.

The celebrities that took part were:

CelebrityKnown forStatus
Stan Collymore FootballerWalked
Paul Daniels MagicianWalked [5]
Lady Victoria Hervey SocialiteEliminated 1st
Terry Christian Television presenterEliminated 2nd
Ritchie Neville 5ive singerEliminated 3rd
Margi Clarke Former Coronation Street actressEliminated 4th
Debbie McGee Magician's assistantEliminated 5th
Rebecca Loos ModelThird place
Vanilla Ice RapperRunner-up
Jeff Brazier Television presenterWinner

Series 2 (2005)

Series two was announced soon after the completion of the first series. [6] The second series aired from 9 May 2005 for a total of eighteen days, [7] and was now presented by Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan. The show's second and final series was broadcast in a nightly 10.30pm slot (half-an-hour later than the timeslot during the first series) between 9 May and 26 May 2005.

The winner of the show by viewer's votes was Keith Harris and Orville the Duck.

The celebrities that took part were:

CelebrityKnown forStatus
Ilona Staller Pornographic actressEliminated 1st
Charlene Tilton Dallas actressEliminated 2nd
Flavor Flav RapperEliminated 3rd
Lionel Blair Dancer & television presenterEliminated 4th
Emma B ModelEliminated 5th
Ron Jeremy Pornographic actorEliminated 6th
Dave Morgan Jessie Wallace's ex-boyfriendEliminated 7th
Emma Noble ModelThird place
Mikey Green Phixx singerRunner-up
Keith Harris & Orville the Duck Ventriloquist & dummyWinner

Ratings

The show's first episode managed 1.16 million viewers for Five, and overall, the first series was a success for the Channel, managing an average of 1.4 million viewers in its 10pm nightly timeslot. The first series received an increase in viewers thanks to the incident involving Rebecca Loos, and for the series one finale scored a peak of nearly 2.3 million viewers, and a 15.2% audience share for Five. [8]

The show's second series began in May 2005 with a new nightly timeslot of 10.30pm, with the first episode taking 1.17 million viewers and a 9.2% audience share. [9] The second series did not rate as well as the first however, and overall managed an average of 1.19 million viewers in its timeslot.

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