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Tudor Monastery Farm

9.1(7)
First Aired:November 13, 2013
Seasons:1 season
Episodes:6
Status:Ended

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.

Cast

Tom Pinfold

Self - Presenter

Peter Ginn

Self - Presenter

Ruth Goodman

Ruth Goodman

Self - Presenter

Seasons

Episode 1

E1Episode 1

60m10.0

Nov 13, 2013

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

Episode 2

E2Episode 2

60m10.0

Nov 20, 2013

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

Episode 3

E3Episode 3

60m10.0

Nov 27, 2013

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

Episode 4

E4Episode 4

60m10.0

Dec 4, 2013

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

Episode 5

E5Episode 5

60m10.0

Dec 11, 2013

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

Episode 6

E6Episode 6

60m10.0

Dec 18, 2013

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

Storyline

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.

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