The Farm
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Host
Ed Hall (series 1)
Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan (series 2)
Co-hosts
Farmer: Ryan Hooper
Vet: Jon Huxley
Broadcast
Endemol UK Productions for five, 26 September 2004 to 26 May 2005 (22 episodes in 2 series)
Synopsis
Celebrity reality show where a team of nine celebrities live and work on a real farm for three weeks, doubtlessly with hilarious consequences. Celebrities are voted out on a regular basis on cleverly titled "Farmegeddon" nights until the "Top Farmer" is found.
Actually the farm aspect is quite a nice twist to the usual stick-them-in-one-place-and-see-what-happens formula and it works both ways as it's a good way of letting the public in on farming issues of the day. And awww! there's some cute little animals too. And a massive boar. Which is quite funny because you often hear the phrase "massive boar" follow the phrase "celebrity reality show" from certain quarters.
Champions
2004: Jeff Brazier
2005: Keith Harris and Orville the Duck
Key moments
Paul Daniels walking out after just two days following a spat with Vanilla Ice.
Rebecca Loos, some rubber gloves and a pig created a "storm" in a "teacup".
Inventor
Based on a Swedish format.
Trivia
According to early Teletext reports, there wasn't going to be a voting out aspect originally as it wasn't "that kind of show."
