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.
S1E1 · 2013-11-13 · 60m
Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.
S1E2 · 2013-11-20 · 60m
A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.
S1E3 · 2013-11-27 · 60m
This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.
S1E4 · 2013-12-04 · 60m
The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.
S1E5 · 2013-12-11 · 60m
The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.
S1E6 · 2013-12-18 · 60m
The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.
Tom Pinfold
Self - Presenter
Peter Ginn
Ruth Goodman
