''Tudor Monastery Farm'' is a British factual television series, first broadcast on

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on 13 November 2013. The series, the fifth in the historic farm series, following the original, Tales from the Green Valley, stars archaeologists

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and Tom Pinfold, and historian

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. The team discover what farming was like during the Tudor period at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum. The program also recurringly features other historians, such as

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(an expert on rural crafts), and Professor Ronald Hutton (who specializes in folklore and religious beliefs).

Production

On 8 August 2013, the BBC announced the series. David Upshal, the executive producer of Lion Television, said: "We are delighted to be continuing with a new Farm series for BBC Two, taking us back to the earliest point in history we have tackled yet. Following the huge success of the

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, Edwardian and Wartime Farms, the new series will see us produce our 50th episode in this on-going, immersive living-history adventure." The series was co-commissioned between Martin Davidson and Aaqil Ahmed. The filming location is the farm at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Sussex.

Episode list

2013 Christmas special

On 25 November 2013, the BBC announced that ''Tudor Monastery Farm'' would have a Christmas special which explored the festive season as part of

's Christmas scheduling. The episode was broadcast on 31 December 2013 and overnight figures showed that it attracted 1.57 million viewers (8.06% of the viewing audience). Official figures raised the number of viewers to 1.76 million.

Reception

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'' Danielle Goldstein gave it three out of five stars and called it "intriguing". Gerard O'Donovan of '' The Daily Telegraph'' gave it four out of five stars and said that history had been brought "brilliantly to life on BBC Two". James Alexander Cameron said "Although a little guilty of choosing the National Curriculum-friendly “Tudor” label over “Medieval”,...it remains a rather interesting little programme for a Medievalist Art Historian to have a look at."

Home media

The DVD edition was released on 10 February 2014.

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