Program Episodes Online:
Many episodes have been digitally converted so they can be viewed online.  The digital conversion was coordinated by the Minnesota Historical Society and University of Minnesota Libraries "Minnesota Reflections" resource.

Link to these Northern Lights videos [Search by author name in the upper Search box]:

      https://collection.mndigital.org/?f%5Bparent_collection_name_ssi%5D%5B%5D=Northern+Lights+-+A+Look+at+Minnesota+Books+and+Writers&f%5Btype_ssi%5D%5B%5D=Moving+Image&q=Minnesota+Authors&search_field=all_fields (updated website)

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A special Northern Lights YouTube Channel has also been created with over 30 online videos:   

      https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyCHvOawLFAnh16i15khrhg/videos

 

Program Episodes on Videotape:
Videotape copies of most of the previous program episodes are permanently archived at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul and are available for viewing in the History Center's Research Library.  Program episode listings can be found on the MHS Library Catalog:

      https://mnpals-mhs.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Northern%20Lights&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=MyInstitution&vid=01MNPALS_MHS:MHS&facet=rtype,include,videos&offset=0

         [Search by Keyword: "Northern Lights"... MHS Catalog Options: "Moving Pictures"]. 

Through a grant from the Minnesota State Legislature in 1999, video copies of a number of past episodes of the Northern Lights series were distributed to public libraries, schools and universities throughout the state; some may still be available for public checkout or viewing.  A couple dozen episodes on DVD are available for checkout from the Hennepin County Library's Central Minneapolis Library.


Program Episodes on Television:
The Northern Lights TV series was one of the first primetime television series shown regularly on Metro Cable Network/Cable Channel 6 throughout the Twin Cities metro area.  The series was broadcast from 1988 until 2002.  The programs were also shown concurrently on other metropolitan cable systems.   Later, rebroadcasts were shown on ED's TV ~ the West Metro Educational Cable Channel operated by Wayzata Public Schools and shown throughout the western metropolitan area on cable television until 2017.
 
Check out the two comprehensive lists of episodes on this website (see above menu bar):

     Reverse Chronological List of Episodes with Annotations and

     List of Episodes Categorized by Literary Genre

For more information about the Northern Lights TV series, contact:
Dave Carlson (Producer/Director/Editor)
(952) 715-7577 or E-mail:  dave.carlson9@gmail.com