Holland's past

Season 1

2008 · 8 episodes · 6h 40m in all

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

1. 

   1. Lost stories (Prehistory-500)

   12 Oct 2008 · 50 min

2. 

   2. How God appeared in the Lower Lands (500-1500)

   19 Oct 2008 · 50 min

3. 

   3. Religion, rebellion and republic (1500-1600)

   26 Oct 2008 · 50 min

   William the Silent goes to battle with the Spanish king Filips II.

4. 

   4. The Golden Age (1600-1700)

   2 Nov 2008 · 50 min

   The golden age is the age in which everything seems to succeed. Arts and science flourish as never before.

5. 

   5. Between decline and enlightenment (1700-1815)

   30 Nov 2008 · 50 min

6. 

   6. The civilized nation (1815-1918)

   16 Nov 2008 · 50 min

7. 

   7. ‘Corinthianland’ at war (1918 tot 1949)

   23 Nov 2008 · 50 min

8. 

   8. Blurred lines (vanaf 1949)

   30 Nov 2008 · 50 min