Tudor Monastery Farm (2013)
9.1 (7 votes)
1 Season
November 13, 2013
English
Documentary Reality
Synopsis
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.
Creator
David Upshal
Network
BBC Two
Episodes
Episodes
E1
Episode 1
Nov 13, 2013
60 min
10.0
Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.
E2
Episode 2
Nov 20, 2013
60 min
10.0
A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.
E3
Episode 3
Nov 27, 2013
60 min
10.0
This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.
E4
Episode 4
Dec 4, 2013
60 min
10.0
The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.
E5
Episode 5
Dec 11, 2013
60 min
10.0
The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.
E6
Episode 6
Dec 18, 2013
60 min
10.0
The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Tudor Monastery Farm
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Production
Lion Television
