Name: Tudor Monastery Farm
Genre: Documentary, Reality
Cast: Tom Pinfold, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman

Tom Pinfold

Peter Ginn

Ruth Goodman

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.

Tudor Monastery Farm

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

Episode 1

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

Episode 2

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

Episode 3

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

Episode 4

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

Episode 5

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

Episode 6

The team recreate a Tudor christmas, which featured 12 days of celebrations and feasts.

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