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Episode 1

Episode number: 1

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

Episode 2

Episode number: 2

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

Episode 3

Episode number: 3

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

Episode 4

Episode number: 4

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

Episode 5

Episode number: 5

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

Episode 6

Episode number: 6

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