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Tudor Monastery Farm
9.1(7 votes)
1 Season
6 Episodes
November 13, 2013
DocumentaryReality
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.
Status
Ended
Network
BBC Two
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
November 13, 2013
Episodes
Episodes
Episode 1
Episode 1
November 13, 201360m10.0
Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.
Episode 2
Episode 2
November 20, 201360m10.0
A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.
Episode 3
Episode 3
November 27, 201360m10.0
This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.
Episode 4
Episode 4
December 4, 201360m10.0
The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.
Episode 5
Episode 5
December 11, 201360m10.0
The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.
Episode 6
Episode 6
December 18, 201360m10.0
The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.
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Top Cast
Tom Pinfold
Self - Presenter
Peter Ginn
Self - Presenter
Ruth Goodman
Self - Presenter
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