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Series 6 Episode 3: The Netherlands

Welcome to the astonishing man-made shoreline of the Netherlands. Nick Crane explores how ingenious Dutch engineers created massive coastal defences like no others on earth following the great North Sea flood in 1953 which killed thousands of people in the Netherlands and Britain. Nick also discovers how, during the Second World War, traitors from the British Indian Army took part in the Nazi occupation of the tiny isle of Texel.

Category
Documentary / Environment / History / Nature / Performing arts / Travel
Original air date
2011-06-19
Cast and crew
  • Mark HortonHost
  • Miranda KrestovnikoffHost
  • Nicholas CraneHost
  • Tessa DunlopHost
  • Adam HensonHost