Why are we all still so fascinated by the Tudors? We take a trip to a 16th century farm to find out Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Tom Pinfold on the set of Tudor Monastery Farm Credit: Photo: BBC/Lion ...

Yesterday a reader recommended that I take a look at the 2013 BBC2 documentary/reality series Tudor Monastery Farm, episodes of which are available on YouTube. Last night I watched the first episode, ...

Last night we watched on YouTube the second episode of Tudor Monastery Farm, the BBC reality/documentary series in which two archeologists and a historian live out the daily lives of tenant farmers on ...

Ruth Goodman and Claire King sort through sheep fleeces in Tudor Monastery Farm Credit: Photo: BBC “Lord let us remember just how much effort goes into putting food on the table.” Peter Ginn’s weary ...

The Tudor Monastery Farm Christmas Special will see Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold explore the festive season, as it would have been celebrated under the reign of King Henry VII. Today we ...

Ruth Goodman and Peter Ginn have become familiar faces on BBC2 after their hugely popular and immersive time-travelling experiments, Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm. But for their fourth series, ...

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

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If you are planning on herding your geese to market, either now or any time in the future, please remember to protect their feet. They are made for water, and not for being driven across land, so you ...

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back over 500 years to run a farm at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum in West Sussex exactly as it would have ...

Following the long-running success of BBC Two’s living history series, Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm, this autumn BBC Two takes up residence in the stunning medieval landscape of Weald and ...

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back over 500 years to run a farm at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum in West Sussex exactly as it would have ...