Better Times, also known as Krøniken is a drama television series that premiered on DR1 on January 4, 2004. It ended on January 1, 2007. It was created by Stig Thorsboe. It stars Anne Louise Hassing, Ken Vedsegaard, Waage Sandø and Stina Ekblad.
Krøniken is a Danish television drama which aired on Sunday evenings between January 2004 and January 2007. The 22-episode series relates the lives of two fictional families during the historical development of the Danmarks Radio television network from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Created by Stig Thorsbøe for the DR broadcast-television network, the series debuted on 4 January 2004. The program's first season set popularity records. Five of the episodes were listed among the ten most watched televi ...
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Krøniken is a Danish television drama which aired on Sunday evenings between January 2004 and January 2007. The 22-episode series relates the lives of two fictional families during the historical development of the Danmarks Radio television network from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Created by Stig Thorsbøe for the DR broadcast-television network, the series debuted on 4 January 2004. The program's first season set popularity records. Five of the episodes were listed among the ten most watched television programs since records began in Denmark in 1992. The first season finale topped the list with 2,717,000 viewers. In 2004, the program was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Drama but lost to Waking the Dead.
The series concluded with the 22nd episode airing on 1 January 2007 and watched by 2.4 million viewers.
For at få råd til sit studenterkursus, tager Ida arbejde som sekretær på Radiofabrikken "Bella". Her bliver hun glad for direktørens søn Erik, som netop har hjembragt et dyrt fjernsyn fra Amerika, hvilket hans far er oprørt over. Da direktøren sætter Ida til at kigge Eriks regnskaber efter, kastes hun uforvarende ud i en loyalitetskonflikt imellem far og søn. Hun mister sit job og bringer sit studenterkursus i fare. Eriks søster Søs er netop blevet forlovet, men den udvalgte vil ikke tillade hun fortsætter sit modelarbejde. Hun overfaldes nytårsaften, men reddes i sidste øjeblik af Idas nabo Palle, der er på vej for at mødes med Jens Otto Krag.
January 4, 2004
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Det truer Idas studenterkursus, at hun ikke kan finde et arbejde efter fyringen fra radiofabrikken. Hun bliver dog reddet af en uventet anbefaling fra "Bella". Som tak indvilger hun i at se Erik igen, men hans ubetænksomhed er kilde til stadig irritation. Det kulminerer aftenen før hendes vigtige årsprøve, hvor Erik uforvarende kommer til at låse hende ind i "Bella"s udviklingsafdeling, hvor han har vist hende sit hemmeligt-byggede fjernsyn. Ida beslutter aldrig at se ham igen, men kommer alligevel på andre tanker. Søs' forældre tror ikke på, hun er blevet forulempet nytårsaften. Hun finder frem til sin redningsmand Palle, der forklarer sagens rette sammenhæng i direktørhjemmet.