Tudor Monastery Farm - Episode Guide

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back over 500 years to run a farm in West Sussex exactly as it would have been in 1500.

This episode focuses on wool production - known as 'the jewel in the realm' of the English economy.

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

The team learn how important lead was as a building material, and experiment with a camera obscura.

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

The team recreate the winter harvest and look at how Henry VIII's Dissolution changed farming life forever.

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Tom Pinfold and Peter Ginn recreate how the farms of Tudor England celebrated the 12 days of Christmas with banquets and carol singing.