Series · Documentary
Holland's past (2008)
1 season · 8 episodesDocumentary2008
A never-ending bog, on the farther side of coastlines
A series of eight episodes documenting 250.000 years of history. 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
- Creator
- Charles Groenhuijsen
- Network
- VPRO
- Country
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 12, 2008
- Status
- Ended
- Original title
- Het verleden van Nederland
Cast
Charles GroenhuijsenThemself
Jan DecleirVoice
Elsie de BrauwVoice
Episodes
0/8 watched- Episode 1: Lost stories (Prehistory-500)50 min · Oct 12, 2008
- Episode 2: How God appeared in the Lower Lands (500-1500)50 min · Oct 19, 2008
- Episode 3: Religion, rebellion and republic (1500-1600)50 min · Oct 26, 2008
- Episode 4: The Golden Age (1600-1700)50 min · Nov 2, 2008
- Episode 5: Between decline and enlightenment (1700-1815)50 min · Nov 30, 2008
- Episode 6: The civilized nation (1815-1918)50 min · Nov 16, 2008
- Episode 7: ‘Corinthianland’ at war (1918 tot 1949)50 min · Nov 23, 2008
- Episode 8: Blurred lines (vanaf 1949)50 min · Nov 30, 2008
