Holland's past — Season 1
A never-ending bog, on the farther side of coastlines
About this season
Charles Groenhuijsen takes us along sights and locations that historically harbored various inhabitants of ‘The Lowlands’. In what today is known as The Netherland, Belgium, Germany, New York, Ghana, Surinam, and Indonesia, Charles will be looking for the stories of ‘our’ past through potsherds, bones, stones, ancient text's, drawings, paintings, pictures, radio, and tv- fragments
Episodes (8)
1. Lost stories (Prehistory-500)
Aired 12 October 2008 • 50 min
2. How God appeared in the Lower Lands (500-1500)
Aired 19 October 2008 • 50 min
3. Religion, rebellion and republic (1500-1600)
Aired 26 October 2008 • 50 min
William the Silent goes to battle with the Spanish king Filips II.
4. The Golden Age (1600-1700)
Aired 2 November 2008 • 50 min
The golden age is the age in which everything seems to succeed. Arts and science flourish as never before.
5. Between decline and enlightenment (1700-1815)
Aired 30 November 2008 • 50 min
6. The civilized nation (1815-1918)
Aired 16 November 2008 • 50 min
7. ‘Corinthianland’ at war (1918 tot 1949)
Aired 23 November 2008 • 50 min
8. Blurred lines (vanaf 1949)
Aired 30 November 2008 • 50 min