← Tudor Monastery Farm

Season 1

6 episodes · 2013

  1. 1Episode 1

    13 Nov 2013 · 1 hr 0 min

    10.0 (1)

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

  2. 2Episode 2

    20 Nov 2013 · 1 hr 0 min

    10.0 (1)

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

  3. 3Episode 3

    27 Nov 2013 · 1 hr 0 min

    10.0 (1)

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

  4. 4Episode 4

    04 Dec 2013 · 1 hr 0 min

    10.0 (1)

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

  5. 5Episode 5

    11 Dec 2013 · 1 hr 0 min

    8.5 (2)

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

  6. 6Episode 6finale

    18 Dec 2013 · 1 hr 0 min

    8.5 (2)

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