How to find Danish radio and TV programmes

You can find programmes broadcasted on Danish radio and TV from the mid-1980s onwards. We have nearly all programmes from DR and TV2, while other channels are archived from select periods of time.

Remote control in front of TV screen — Photo: Colourbox

You have several ways of finding a particular programme in our collections.

Search Royal Danish Library's DR-arkiv

In DR-arkivet you will find radio and TV programmes broadcasted on DR's channels.

It is a huge task to get the programmes ready to be added to DR-arkivet, and this means that initially you can only find programmes that were broadcasted on DR's channels from 2006 onwards. We are working on adding more programmes to the archive and they will be available once they have been processed by our systems.

Search Mediestream

You can find information regarding radio and TV programmes broadcasted on Danish channels staring 2006 and up to two-to-three weeks before today in Mediestream. Selected TV programmes broadcasted prior to 2006 can also be found in Mediestream, as we digitise these on an ongoing basis. Because large parts of the material in Mediestream is protected by the Danish Copyright Act, we cannot give users unrestricted online access.

Find information about radio and TV programmes broadcasted prior to 2006

If there is a particular programme you cannot find in DR-arkivet or Mediestream, we may still be able to help you. You can see what we have in the collection by checking our index of radio and TV.

We need the name of the channel, the title and time of broadcast (date and hour) in order to find a specific radio or TV programme for you.

You can get help finding the information here:

DR broadcasting schedules (in Danish)
In Infomedia, you can find summaries of news programmes (TV and radio, 2009-) (in Danish)

Once you find the necessary information, you can order the programme (in Danish). To order, you need to be a registered user.

It is currently only possible to order TV programmes.

Please note that we are currently unable to deliver copies of programmes on DVD. Instead, we deliver radio and TV programmes the following way:

TV programmes prior to 2006: all requests will be uploaded to Mediestream.
Radio programmes prior to 2006, complete ranges of programmes and commercials: researchers at Danish universities can have the programmes delivered as files.

Trouble finding what you need?

We have printed broadcasting schedules, which can be viewed in our reading room on Victor Albecks Vej, Aarhus. You need to order these in advance to view them.

TV

DR1 broadcasting schedules 1964-2005
DR2 broadcasting schedules 1996-2005
TV2 broadcasting schedules 1988-2005
TV3 broadcasting schedules 1988-2005

Radio

DR broadcasting schedules 1964-2005

DR-arkivet

Discover a unique amount of DR's programmes in Royal Danish Library's archive from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation: DR-arkivet.

Mediestream

Mediestream gives you online access to our unique digital collection of historical newspapers, radio and TV programmes, and cinema advertisements.

Radio and TV collection

Employee between shelves in the Radio Tv Collection

In the radio and TV collection, you will find broadcasts from DR, TV 2 and a number of other Danish TV channels from the mid-80s onward.

Use radio and TV for presentation purposes at your museum

According to The General Agreement on the Use of Audiovisual Material in Museums, museums can purchase a copy of a broadcast. Read more on Mediestream.

Ask the library

Wooden blocks with symbols on means of communication

You are welcome to contact us if you need help and guidance for search and lending or have questions about our collections. We respond to inquiries weekdays at 9-15.