Season 1

Season 1

2013-11-13
6 Episodes

Episodes

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

2013-11-13

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

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

2013-11-20

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

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

2013-11-27

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

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

2013-12-04

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

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

2013-12-11

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

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

2013-12-18

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