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Tudor Monastery Farm

Season 1

2013 · 6 episodes

  1. 1. Episode 1

    2013-11-13 · 60m

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

  2. 2. Episode 2

    2013-11-20 · 60m

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

  3. 3. Episode 3

    2013-11-27 · 60m

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

  4. 4. Episode 4

    2013-12-04 · 60m

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

  5. 5. Episode 5

    2013-12-11 · 60m

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

  6. 6. Episode 6

    2013-12-18 · 60m

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

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