To provide a recording device that enables a user to view again broadcast contents failed to view without taking trouble even when falling asleep while viewing the broadcast program.

The recording device is equipped with: an acquisition means 1 of acquiring the broadcast contents; output means 8 and 18 of outputting the broadcast contents that the acquisition means 1 acquires; and recording means 7 and 16 of recording the broadcast contents. The recording device is equipped with: an asleep state decision means 14 of deciding whether the person who views the broadcast contents output by the output means 8 and 18 is in an asleep state, and while the asleep state decision means 14 decides the asleep state, the recording means 7 and 16 record the broadcast contents that the acquisition means 1 acquires.