Season 1

Episodes • 2013

Tom Pinfold
Peter Ginn
Ruth Goodman
Episode 1

1. Episode 1

60 min

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

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Episode 2

2. Episode 2

60 min

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

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Episode 3

3. Episode 3

60 min

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

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Episode 4

4. Episode 4

60 min

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

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Episode 5

5. Episode 5

60 min

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

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Episode 6

6. Episode 6

60 min

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

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