Living history on Dutch TV at last – the making of 'Het verhaal van Nederland'

Abstract

The project is called Het verhaal van Nederland (The story of the Netherlands), HVVNL for short. Its core is a series of ten TV episodes as well as ten pod-walks at different locations in the Netherlands. This is complemented by an online series for kids called Het verhaal van Nederland Histories, a series of podcasts about remarkable characters from Dutch history, a book, and an adaptation of the documentaries for 12–18 year-olds to be used in schools. In this article, we will tell you about the process of creating the ten tv episodes and the choices made along the way.

Keywords

• heritage
• the netherlands
• public archaeology
• tv