The Farm (UK TV series)

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The Farm
Genre Reality Television
Written by Les Keen
Directed by Alex Rudzinski
Presented by Ed Hall (2004)
Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan (2005)
Narrated by Ed Hall (2004)
Theme music composer Bee Gees
Opening theme "Stayin' Alive" (instrumental), Bee Gees
Ending theme "Stayin' Alive" (instrumental), Bee Gees
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 22
Production
Executive producer(s) Louise Rainbow
Producer(s)Producers:
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
Editor(s) Jennifer Hampson
Joe Pedder
Dave Tilley
Running time 55 minutes
Production company(s) Endemol UK
Release
Original network Five
Picture format 16:9 (HDTV)
Original release 26 September 2004 – 26 May 2005

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]

Strix (TV production company)

STRIX Television is a Swedish television production company that was founded in 1988 and today it serves as one of the largest production companies for the Nordic countries. Strix’s head office is in Stockholm, Sweden. They also have offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo, and Prague. It is a major international contributor to the format of reality television known as 'Survivor'. Since 1997 Strix has produced Expedition Robinson for an ever-increasing audience throughout Europe. Its parent company is the international entertainment broadcasting group, Nordic Entertainment Group. Additionally, they have produced other reality show formats, such as The Farm, The Bar, and Harem.

Channel 5 is a British free-to-air television network. It was launched in 1997, and was the fifth national terrestrial analogue network in the United Kingdom after BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, and Channel 4. It is generally the fifth-placed network in the country in audience share, and has been since its inception.

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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 one

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.

Ed Hall in Ascot, Berkshire is a British television presenter best known for being a co-presenter on BBC daytime television show To Buy or Not to Buy. He began his broadcast career as a reporter for The Sunday Show. He has also presented the Channel 4 paintball show XFire and acted as an interviewer for the first two series of Techno Games.

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.

Jeffrey Carl Brazier is a British television presenter, reality TV star, life coach and former professional footballer.

The celebrities that took part were (in order of finishing position):

Vanilla Ice American rapper

Robert Matthew Van Winkle, known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor, and television host. Born in South Dallas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Ice released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 on Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, a record label of the EMI Group, which released a reformatted version of the album in 1990 under the title To the Extreme, which contained Ice's best-known hits: "Ice Ice Baby" and a cover of "Play That Funky Music". "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts.

Rebecca Loos Anglo-Dutch model

Rebecca Loos is a Dutch former glamour model and media personality. Loos first came to public attention following her claims that she had conducted an affair with the married footballer, David Beckham while she was employed as his personal assistant. The allegations led to Loos appearing on several reality television series, magazine covers, and in other media for a few years thereafter.

David Beckham English association football player and model

David Robert Joseph Beckham, is an English retired professional footballer, Current President of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain and the England national team, for which he held the appearance record for an outfield player until 2016. He is the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. He retired in May 2013 after a 20-year career, during which he won 19 major trophies.

Series two

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.

Colin Lewis McAllister and Justin Patrick Ryan are Scottish interior decorators and television presenters, often billed as Colin and Justin.

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

The celebrities that took part were (in order of finishing position):

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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