This is a list of North Korean television programmes or series. For North Korean multi-part films and film series see list of North Korean films.
width=10% | Year | width=20% | Title | width=10% | Director | width=20% | Cast | width=10% | Genre | width=40% | Notes |
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1977 | Squirrel and Hedgehog | Kim Jun-Ok (Episode 1~4), Kim Young-Cheol, Kim Gwang-Seong, Do Cheol, Oh Sin-Hyeok, Yun Young-Gil, Lee Seok-Hoon, Lee Cheol | |||||||||
1980[1] or 1992 | A New Spring in Sokgaeul (석개울의 새봄) | Based on a novel by Chon Se Bong. Drama about change of agricultural villages into collective farms.[2] | |||||||||
1995 | Paekkumsan[3] | Drama | |||||||||
2000 | Aspiration (열망) | Drama | |||||||||
2015 | Bulletproof Wall[4] | Um Chang-gol | Heon Sung-joon | Historical drama, Psychological thriller | The series is set in the 1940s Korea under Japanese occupation. Narrator often details the historical timeline, from North Korean viewpoint, compared to the one portrayed in the series. The series contains CGI animated action scenes. Cast actors of Russian origin appear in the series. | ||||||
2012 | Chastisement (징벌) | Takes place at the time of March 1st Movement | |||||||||
2003 | Coal Miner (탄부) | Drama | Based on novel of Kim Mun Chang.[5] | ||||||||
2003 | Hot plains (뜨거운 평야) | Drama | [6] | ||||||||
2012 | Devote Yourself (자기를 바치라) | ||||||||||
It's So Funny | One of the world's longest running stage-comedy variety shows ever. It has been running since the 1970s. [7] | ||||||||||
2000 | A Lark (종달새) | ||||||||||
2010s | Kye Wol Hyang | Takes place during Imjin war in the 16th century | |||||||||
Common Sense | Propaganda[8] | Included the five-episode series Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle in 2004[9] | |||||||||
2000 VHS published in 2004-2005 | Our Warm House (or Our Warm Home) (따뜻한 우리집) | Takes place at Pyongyang Maternity Hospital About daily life in North Korea, in two parts | |||||||||
2000 | Red Soil (붉은 흙) | ||||||||||
2000 | The First Chief of Oil Department (첫 연유국장) | Based on actual events | |||||||||
2002 | Grab the satba (샅바를 잡아라) | Drama | [10] | ||||||||
2002 | Don't Wake Up Mom (엄마를 깨우지 말아) | In three parts, about a working couple[11] | |||||||||
2002 | Love and hate (사랑과 증오) | Drama based on a "true story" | [12] | ||||||||
2006 | The Class Continues (수업은 계속된다) | About daily life in North Korea, in eight parts | |||||||||
2009 | The Spring of Love (사랑의 샘) | About daily life in North Korea, in three parts | |||||||||
2010 | The name of that girl (그 처녀의 이름) | Drama | [13] | ||||||||
2011 | Our Women's Soccer Team (우리녀자축구팀) | About daily life in North Korea, in three partscurrently 5 parts. | |||||||||
2013 | Waiting for father (기다리는 아버지) | Drama | [14] | ||||||||
2015 | Pyochang | Drama | [15] | ||||||||
2016 | Value it preciously (귀중히 여기라) | Drama | [16] | ||||||||
2017 | Glow of the North (북방의 노을) | Drama | [17] | ||||||||
2018 | Insam diggers in the year of Imjin (임진년의 심마니들) | Drama | [18] | ||||||||
2022 | The Last Unicorn (마지막 한알) | Drama | Based on true story of north korean table tennis player Pak Yung-sun.[19] [20] | ||||||||
2023 | A Note of an Official of the Prosecutor’s Office (한 검찰일군의 수기) | Drama | [21] [22] | ||||||||
Unknown | Child Broadcast Time (아동방송시간) | Children's Program | Compilation of North Korean cartoons.[23] |