Tudor Monastery Farm

9.1 Nov 2013 1 Season 6 Episodes

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Overview

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers on monastery land.

Lion Television

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Tom Pinfold

Self - Presenter

Peter Ginn

Self - Presenter

Ruth Goodman

Self - Presenter

Key Crew

Stuart Elliott

Director

Giulia Clark

Director

David Upshal

Executive Producer

Episode 1

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

Nov 13, 2013 60m ★ 10.0

Episode 2

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

Nov 20, 2013 60m ★ 10.0

Episode 3

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

Nov 27, 2013 60m ★ 10.0

Episode 4

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

Dec 4, 2013 60m ★ 10.0

Episode 5

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

Dec 11, 2013 60m ★ 10.0

Episode 6

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

Dec 18, 2013 60m ★ 10.0

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