Lisenskontrolløren - Episode Guide

NRK Children's TV has gone from the boring to the completely absurd over the course of 50 years. But has it been a good thing? The license inspector takes a critical look at NRK's attempts to make TV for children. Program director Njål Engesæth.

For over fifty years, NRK has tried to create weekend entertainment that will appeal to the entire Norwegian people. At times, the result has been more outrage than amusement. The license inspector investigates what happens when weekend entertainment does not entertain. Program manager: Njål Engesæth.

Cultural programs have been among the least watched in NRK's television history. Have these programs been more harmful than helpful when it comes to increasing the cultural understanding of the Norwegian people? License inspector Njål Engesæth goes on a strange journey through the NRK archives.

As the national broadcaster, it has been an important task for NRK television to convey new knowledge to the Norwegian people. But has over fifty years of public education made Norway smarter? The license inspector goes through some of NRK's funniest school lessons. Program host: Njål Engesæth.

For over 50 years, NRK has had journalists who have focused a critical spotlight on the authorities. The license inspector is taking a critical look at NRK's journalists.

Several of NRK's greatest television moments are connected to sporting events. But many of the least memorable moments are also sports-related.

For millennia, humans have pondered the meaning of life. For over 50 years, NRK television has wondered the same thing.

Christmas ribs, silver boys and "same procedure as every year, James". The license inspector looks at more or less traditional customs associated with Christmas.

NRK's TV drama ranges from sad television theater to viewer successes such as Kampen om tungvannet and Skam. The license inspector has seen through five decades of crime, social realism and Norwegian drama dialogue of varying quality. (1:6)

Sex is probably the topic that has provoked viewers the most throughout NRK's history. The license inspector examines how television has dealt with this topic, and checks how sexy the programs about sex have actually been. (2:6)

Our relationship with Sweden has been the subject of jokes and criticism for over a hundred years. But how has NRK related to its sweet brother? The license inspector looks at the harry trade, envy - and finds Petter Northug's superior. (3:6)

When television arrived in 1960, celebrity culture really came to Norway. The license inspector looks at the celebrities NRK has created, how NRK has related to other celebrities and why the man behind the song "Goalgetter Gustav" becomes Norway's first celebrity. (4:6)

How Norway and NRK have related to other cultures and peoples has changed a lot since television came into being in 1960. And when the License Controller examines television's coverage of "the others", he uncovers one of the darkest chapters in NRK's history. (5:6)

In NRK's archive you will find many golden TV moments. But then we have the programs that the broadcaster would rather bury in Marienlyst's deepest basement. The license inspector has dug up the moments that NRK hoped would never see the light of day. (6:6)

Why is love so difficult, when it is also so important? The license inspector examines perhaps life's biggest questions and meets again happy and unhappy people in love from the NRK archive. The license inspector finds the 60s Tinder, the ideal partner and the secret behind a lifelong relationship. (1:6)

It is typically Norwegian to be good, but at the same time we hate Norwegians who think they are something. The license inspector meets famous people who have experienced success and adversity. Liv Ullmann, Madcon, Sondre Lerche, Jenny Skavlan and Idar Vollvik tell why failure is the key to success. (2:6)

Things never feel so strong as when you're a teenager. The license inspector meets 17-year-olds in 1972 and 17-year-olds today to talk about peer pressure, body pressure and performance anxiety. A famous comedian is confronted with his past, and you learn what youth of all times have in common.

The Norwegian man should be hard and soft, vain and masculine, horny and sensitive. The license inspector looks at over 50 years of confusion, football and phallus. The man is more than a mountain in Romsdalen.

Hand in hand in potty land! The license inspector digs deep into the Norwegian folk soul. How has being Norwegian changed? How did the small village with the big dreams fare? And what happened to the only child in Orten?

The license inspector looks back and relives dreams of the future. Once we thought the world would be full of flying cars and beef pills. Instead we got spelt bread and bike paths. Where did the future come from?

Norway's biggest film star turned 79 on December 16. The license inspector celebrates Liv Ullmann with a special broadcast, exactly 40 years after Harald Tusberg interviewed her in the portrait program "Si det som det er!". Half a lifetime later - in a new interview - we ask the same questions, and a candid Ullmann talks about the Jante law, motherhood and the image Norwegians have of her.

Norway is the world's second happiest country to live in, but what makes us happy? The license inspector meets the woman who has had success being sad, the lottery millionaire who is like other millionaires, and a grown man who is chasing the happiness he experienced as a 13-year-old.

Who are you? Everyone wants to find their own identity, but for some it is more difficult than others. The license inspector meets the twin brother of one of Norway's biggest celebrities, the Drammen boy who dreams of becoming a Sami and the comedian who wants to be taken seriously.

The world is going to hell. But for some, the very thought of the end of the world is all it takes to put a smile on their face. The license inspector looks at tongues and the Seljordsormen, at humanity's search for meaning and hope. And in her latest interview, author Margit Sandemo talks about her curiosity about death.

The Norwegian woman should be soft and strong, beautiful and unassuming, horny and magnificent. The license inspector looks at over 50 years of gender equality, lip gloss and a little #Metoo. But can he make a program about women, without resorting to male clichés?

Why are we so concerned with how others see us? The license inspector meets Solveig, who had her butt liposuctioned on live prime-time TV, and the celebrity artist who invented the anti-celebrity face mask. And what does it really feel like to be Dan Børge Akerø?

A look back at strange traditions, eager children and resounding cheers over several decades.

The license inspector dives into NRK's TV archives with a strange look. How does true love change lives?

Today's GPS technology is frighteningly similar to a sketch from 1974...

Before Espen Eckbo became one of Norway's most recognized comedians, he was one of Norway's least recognized presenters.

Every now and then, there are moments on TV that are so embarrassing that you have to cover your eyes. Here, it is also recommended to cover your ears.

In the 1960s, women who played ice hockey were equated with circus bears. At least by NRK.