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What the Tudors Did for Us

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What the Tudors Did for Us
GenreDocumentary
Presented byAdam Hart-Davis
ComposerDavid Mitcham
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Producers
Running time23 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release23 September (2002-09-23) –
14 October 2002 (2002-10-14)

What the Tudors Did for Us is a 2002 BBC documentary series that examines the impact of the Tudor period on modern society.[1]

Episodes

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Episode one: Seeing the World

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Before Tudor times the image people had of their world was, well, rather dark and mysterious, but that was about to change thanks to some incredible adventures and remarkable discoveries.

— Adam Hart-Davis

Hart-Davis travels around Britain to introduce the idea and inventions of the Tudor Age in art, optics and exploration.

Episode two: The Thinkynge Revolution

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One night in 1572 the Elizabethan astronomer Thomas Diggs saw a bright new star in the sky. It was a real shock; it shouldn't have been there. The Tudors believed that heaven, where God lived, was perfect and unchanging, and the appearance of this bright new star completely undermined their whole system of belief. But there was worse, that observation wasn't just quietly recorded it rapidly became common knowledge thanks to a really dangerous piece of high technology, the printing press. News of that star was just one of a load of ideas that were going to turn the Tudor world upside-down.

— Adam Hart-Davis

Hart-Davis travels around Britain to introduce the idea and inventions of the Tudor Age in science, literature and education.

Episode three: The Goode Lyfe

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In a climate of domestic peace England prospered; wealthy Tudor homeowners could worry less about defence and more about comfort.

— Adam Hart-Davis

Hart-Davis travels around Britain showing how domestic life developed during Tudor times.

Episode four: War Machyne

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References

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  1. ^ "What The Tudors Did For Us (2002)". Ravensbourne University London. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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