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.
6 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
2013
Rating
9.0/10
6 votes • HD
Episodes
Episode 1 • Nov 13, 2013
Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.
Episode 2 • Nov 20, 2013
A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.
Episode 3 • Nov 27, 2013
This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.
Episode 4 • Dec 04, 2013
The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.
Episode 5 • Dec 11, 2013
The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.
Episode 6 • Dec 18, 2013
The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.
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