Broadcast History
Series 1 of The Tribe premiered in the UK on 24 April 1999 on Five. (see 1999 in television) Five Series, totalling 260 episodes, were produced. The final two episodes of The Tribe were shown on 6 September 2003 on Five. (see 2003 in television) Five aired two episodes every week on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Tribe also aired in New Zealand and in the United States, among others. The series began airing in New Zealand on 31 August 1999 on TV4. It had a tremendous response from audiences due to the fact that it was filmed in the country and that the actors were mostly locals. In the US, Series 1 premiered on 1 December 1999 on Encore's WAM! Channel. WAM! stopped airing The Tribe after Series 4, but fans petitioned the channel and the final Series started airing on 6 September 2004.
In Australia, The Tribe premiered in 2005 on ABC2. It has been airing on ABC3 since the children's channel launched in 2009.
Other international markets which have aired the series include the following:
- Albania - Junior TV DigitAlb
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - RTRS
- Canada - TVO
- Croatia - HRT
- Denmark - TV2
- Estonia - ETV
- Finland - YLE TV1
- France - TMC (September 2002)
- Germany - KI.KA
- Iceland
- Ireland - RTÉ Two (January 2000)
- Israel - Channel 1
- Kuwait - Fun Channel
- Montenegro
- Netherlands - Yorin, RTL 5
- Norway - NRK1
- Poland - TVP1
- Romania - TVR2
- Serbia - RTS3 & Kanal D
- Singapore - SBC
- Slovenia - RTV (April 2000)
- South Africa - SABC 1
- Spain - Telecinco, FDF
- Sweden - SVT
- Switzerland - TSR 2
- Ukraine
- Vietnam
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