Tudor Monastery Farm

Season 1

2013 · 6 episodes · 6h 0m in all · 9.5/10

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   13 Nov 2013 · 60 min · 10.0/10

   Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.

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   2. Episode 2

   20 Nov 2013 · 60 min · 10.0/10

   A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.

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   3. Episode 3

   27 Nov 2013 · 60 min · 10.0/10

   This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.

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   4. Episode 4

   4 Dec 2013 · 60 min · 10.0/10

   The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.

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   5. Episode 5

   11 Dec 2013 · 60 min · 8.5/10

   The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.

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   6. Episode 6

   18 Dec 2013 · 60 min · 8.5/10

   The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.