Tudor Monastery Farm
12+2013•1h 0m•9.1/10
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9.1/10(7)
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.
Production
Lion Television
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
November 13, 2013
Last Aired
December 18, 2013
Networks
BBC Two
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2013-11-13
Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2013-11-20
A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2013-11-27
This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2013-12-04
The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 2013-12-11
The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 2013-12-18
The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.
Cast
Tom Pinfold
Self - Presenter
Peter Ginn
Self - Presenter
Ruth Goodman
Self - Presenter
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