Tudor Monastery Farm
Tudor Monastery Farm: Season 1

Air Date

November 13, 2013

Episodes

6 episodes

Tudor Monastery Farm

Season 1

Episodes

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

November 13, 2013
60 min

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

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

November 20, 2013
60 min

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

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

November 27, 2013
60 min

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

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

December 4, 2013
60 min

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

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

December 11, 2013
60 min

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

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

December 18, 2013
60 min

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