The Tribe is a New Zealand–British post-apocalyptic fictional television series primarily aimed at teenagers. The series aired from 24 April 1999 to 6 September 2003 on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom. Five series of The Tribe were produced, with 52 unnamed episodes per series, amounting to 260 half-hour episodes over its entire run. The first series mainly focuses on the tribe of the Mall Rats and their life in the Mall, with later series exploring other locations in and around the City. Most characters appear in more than one series, however each series have a different story where the Mall Rats have to overcome a problem or defeat an enemy Tribe.