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The Tribe (TV series)

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The Tribe

Genre	Teen drama / Science fiction
Created by	Raymond Thompson Harry Duffin
Developed by	Cloud 9, Five
Starring	Caleb Ross Beth Allen Meryl Cassie Monique Cassie Michael Wesley-Smith Antonia Prebble Dwayne Cameron Michelle Ang Daniel James Victoria Spence Tom Hern Nick Miller Laura Wilson Jennyfer Jewell Ryan Runciman James Napier Vanessa Stacey Beth Chote Megan Alatini Georgia Taylor-Woods Dan Weekes-Hannah Sarah Major Amelia Reynolds Amy Morrison Miriama Smith Jacob Tomuri Ari Boyland Vicky Rodewyk Lucas Hayward
Theme music composer	Simon May Simon Lockyer
Opening theme	"The Dream Must Stay Alive" Rosalind J (Season 1) "The Dream Must Stay Alive" Meryl Cassie (Season 2-5)
Ending theme	"The Dream Must Stay Alive" Rosalind J (Season 1) "Abe Messiah" Tribe cast (Season 2-3) "Tribe Spirit" Meryl, Megan and Monique Cassie (Season 4-5)
Country of origin	New Zealand
Language(s)	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	260 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Raymond Thompson Geoff Husson
Producer(s)	Declan Eames
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Five
First shown in	UK
Original run	April 24, 1999 – September 6, 2003
Chronology
Followed by	The New Tomorrow
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Tribe is a science fiction television program, created by Raymond Thompson and Harry Duffin, produced by Cloud 9. It is set in a hypothetical near-future in which all adults have been wiped out by a deadly virus, leaving the children of the world to fend for themselves. The show's focus is on an unnamed city inhabited by tribes of children and teenagers.

1 Cast and characters
- 1.1 The cast
2 Series description
- 2.1 The Making of The Tribe
3 Episodes
4 International broadcast
5 Post-cancellation
6 DVD releases
7 Musical releases
8 Trivia
9 See also
10 External links

Cast and characters

Main article: List of The Tribe characters

The Tribe features a variety of different characters, all individual and members of different tribes. The series focus is on the members of the Mallrats.

The cast

Role	Actor	Season
Alice	Vanessa Stacy	(1 guest), 2-3, (5 guest)
Amber/Eagle	Beth Allen	1,3-5
Andy	James Ordish	3
Brady	Story Rose	1-2
Brady	Georgia Taylor-Woods	3-5
Bray	Dwayne Cameron	1-3
Bray Jr	Adam Sandej	4-5
Charlie	Charley Murphy Samau	4
Chloe	Jaimee Kaire Gataulu	1-4
Dal	Ashwath Sundarasen	1-3
Danni	Ella Wilks	2
Darryl	Joseph Crawford	5
Dee	Kelly Stevenson	4
Ebony	Meryl Cassie	1-5
Ellie	Jennyfer Jewell	2-5
Gel	Vicky Rodewyk	5
Ginny	Mia Taumoepau	4
Glenn	Keegan Fullford-Wierzbicki	1
Hawk	Sam Kelly	4-5
The guardian/Jaffa	Damon Andrews	2-3, 5
Jack	Michael Wesley-Smith	1-5
Java	Megan Alatini	4-5
Jay	James Napier	4-5
Kandy	Sally Martin	4
KC	Ari boyland	1-3, (5 guest)
Lex	Caleb Ross	1-5
Lottie	Beth Chote	5
Luke	Jacob Tumori	1, 3
May	Laura Wilson	2-5
Mega/Josh	Calen Maiava Paris	4-5
Moon	Deenah Mayhew	3
Moz	Miriama Smith	3
Mouse	Jacinta Wawatei	4-5
Ned	Belvin Linkhorn	3
Patch	Morgan Palmer Hubbard	4
Patsy	Sarah Major	1-3
Paul	Zachary Best	1
Pride	Nick Miller	3-5
Ram	Tom Hern	4-5
Roanne	Rose Bollinger	1
Ruby	Fleur Saville	5
Ryan	Ryan Runciman	1-3
Sasha	David Talor	1
Salene	Victoria Spence	1-5
Sammy	Lucas Hayward	4-5
Siva	Monique Cassie	4-5
Slade	Matt Robinson	5
Spike	Lee Donoghue	1-2
Susannah	Chantelle Brader	1
Tai-San	Michelle Ang	1-3, (4 guest)
Tally	Amelia Reynolds	(2 guest), 3
Top Hat	Sam Husson	1-2
Troy	Charlie Bleakley	1
Trudy	Antonia Prebble	1-5
Ved	Dan Weekes-Hannah	4
Zandra	Amy Morrison	1
Zoot/Martin	Daniel James	1, ( guest appearance 2, 3, 4, 5)

Series description

The Tribe began with a core cast of around 16 young actors from all across New Zealand. Many were joining the show as a main cast member for the first time, a lot of them having generally just had guest spots on shows such as Xena Warrior Princess, Hercules: the Legendary Journeys and native soap Shortland Street prior to The Tribe. Some have even made appearances on a number of Power Rangers series from Power Rangers Ninja Storm on [including James Napier, Beth Allen, Dwayne Cameron, Antonia Prebble, Tom Hern.] With its premise of all adults having died because of a virus, The Tribe was classified as a science-fiction program. However particularly in the earlier series, the show focused heavily on more dramatic storylines, with sci-fi elements used primarily as a backdrop to further the plot. The focus was on how the kids and teenagers would survive without adults, without laws, without safety, without regular meals, but with most of the same problems that had been present before: drug and alcohol addiction, teen pregnancy, rape, violence, troubled relationships and responsibility. With the complete fall of civilization as they knew it, the kids banded together in tribes. Tribes all have their own separate names, dress codes, beliefs and attitudes. Some tribes are power-hungry and malevolent, others are simply trying to get by. The Mallrats are the main tribe focused on in the series. Their struggles and triumphs are shown on the mundane scale (chores, in-fighting, back-stabbing, marriages, friendships) and on the epic scale (finding the antidote to the virus, bringing peace to the city, defeating power-hungry tribes trying to establish dictatorships such as the Chosen and the Technos).

The Making of The Tribe

The Tribe has been said to have had one of the highest budgets for a teenage show at the time. The set of The Phoenix Mall was the largest in the southern hemisphere as the time of its construction. It was built just as it appeared on screen - with all rooms, corridors and levels joined as a real mall would be. Set decoration was meticulous, not only within the different areas of the Mall, but also on location. Much of New Zealand's expansive, untouched landscape was made use of in the filming of scenes out in the country, for example in the town of Liberty, on Alice's farm, during the Tribal Gathering on the beach and on the Mallrat's trek through the mountains to the Eagle Mountain Observatory. To achieve the abandoned, lonely feeling that has overtaken the city, many Wellington streets were closed off and filmed in the early hours of the morning, with the streets being covered in burnt out cars, graffiti, burning barrels and trash cans. The Tribe's costume design and make-up are wholly unique to the show, and indeed, the show is often identified by its ambitious costumes and hairstyles. While the costumes of series 1 were generally muted and low-key, series 2 had frequent costume changes and bright colours. This trend would continue for the remainder of the show.

Episodes

Main article: The Tribe episode guide

It is primarily aimed at the 11 to 17 age group, though it has fans of all ages. Five series of The Tribe have been created, with 52 episodes per series, amounting to 260 episodes in the entire run.

International broadcast

The Tribe has been shown in over 40 countries around the world and has a built up a large fan base. Below is a short list.

Kuwait - Fun Channel
New Zealand
Australia - ABC2
Ireland - RTE 2
United Kingdom - Five
Germany - KIKA (KI.KA has no rights any more)
Israel - The First Channel(Channel 1)
France - TMC Monte Carlo
Romania
Netherlands - Yorin, RTL 5
Norway - NRK1
Canada - TVO
Finland - YLE 2
United States - WAM, Encore MoviePlex, Various local broadcasters
Spain - Telecinco, FDF
Serbia
Montenegro
Bosnia and Herzegovina - RTRS
Croatia - HRT
Ukraine
Denmark - TV2
Sweden - SVT
Estonia - ETV
South Africa - SABC1

Post-cancellation

Series 6

Before The Tribe was cancelled, Series 6 was scheduled to begin filming in 2003. However, when the U.K. channel Five declined support for the series because of the raised adult content, the show was cancelled. The scripts for the first 2 episodes in Series 6 were included exclusively on the Series 5 DVD boxset. The episodes followed the story of the Mallrats as they arrived on an island the other side of the boat trip. The Official Tribeworld Website reports that many of the cast now have varied jobs and lives, so it seems unlikely that a sixth series will ever be filmed and aired. However, the creators have mentioned plans to continue the tribe through other media if possible. A cartoon and movie were both mentioned by the creator in an interview online, however, nothing has since been mentioned regarding this. Also, 2007 was marked as the year of the "tribe revival" by the official wesbite. However, since then nothing more has been mentioned.

The cast

After the series ended, the casts careers launched greatly.

Caleb Ross went on to become a foley artist for The Tribe's spin-off, The New Tomorrow.(Which never came back on again)
Tom Hern, who played Ram, went on to play Jess, the main character on another of Cloud 9's shows, a drama called Revelations.
James Napier (Jay) went on to play Conner McKnight, the Red Ranger, in Power Rangers: Dino Thunder and Power Rangers: S.P.D.. Beth Allen (Amber), Tom Hern (Ram), Antonia Prebble (Trudy) and Dwayne Cameron (Bray) have also guest starred in these, or other Power Rangers shows.
Michael Wesley-Smith (Jack) was also cast as the lead, Giles, on yet another of Cloud 9's shows, a teen comedy, Atlantis High. Victoria Spence (Salene) also played Antonia/Anthony in the show. Also, Smith recently passed the bar as a lawyer.
Joseph Crawford (Darryl) now works as an editor & director of a new video production company Crawford Pictures as well as continuing to act.

The New Tomorrow

The series also inspired a spin-off called The New Tomorrow. This spin-off is set at an undisclosed period of time after the events of The Tribe Series 5. Unlike The Tribe, The New Tomorrow is aimed at a younger audience and its cast is made up of pre-teens. The spin-off had none of the original Tribe characters but there were mentions of The Mall, Bray and Zoot.

The Tribe Game?

The official Tribe website told fans about plans to release a sims-style game of "The Tribe". However, this idea has not yet been put in place and was mentioned quite a few years ago. Recently, Tribemaster told fans that they will like what's coming soon if they enjoy games and technology. It has been speculated that a Tribe game will be a part of the 2007 Tribal Revival. Nothing has been confirmed.

DVD releases

During the show's run, there was a long struggle to find a distributor for the entire series. Series 1 was first released in 2003 by Sanctuary Entertainment, two years later Revelation Films purchased rights to the show, and released Series 1-5 throughout 2006. All five DVDs contain 7 discs, with a total of 52 episodes.

Series 1 February 27, 2006 (UK) March 31, 2006 (EUROPE)	Series 2 February 27, 2006 (UK)	Series 3 May 22, 2006 (UK)	Series 4 August 21, 2006 (UK)
Series 5 November 20, 2006 (UK)

Musical releases

In 2000, the first Tribe album was released. The album featured the opening and closing titles from the series as well as other songs featured in the show. All songs were recorded by the Series 2 cast.

Abe Messiah

Abe Messiah
Spinning
You Belong To Me
Abadeo
Banging The Drum
This Is The Place
I Can't Stop
Beep Beep
Everywhere You Go
The Dream Must Stay Alive

In 2003, a remixed version of the album was released in Germany. This also featured 3 music videos, they were: "Abe Messiah", "You Belong To Me" and "This Is The Place".

Abe Messiah: The Remixes

Banging The Drum (Remix)
You Belong To Me
This Is The Place
Spinnin
Urban Guerrilla (Instrumental)
Beep Beep
I Can't Stop
Everywhere You Go
Abe Messiah (Remix)
Abadeo
Tribe Spirit
Reflections (Instrumental)
Day In The Urban Jungle (Instrumental)
The Dream Must Stay Alive

Trivia

Damon Andrews, as well as playing the Guardian, also directed several episodes of the show.
Caleb Ross (Lex), has starred in the most episodes, 259 out of 260. The episode he is absent from is the flashback episode in Series 2 which detailed Bray, Trudy, Ebony and Zoot's past together before the virus.
Daniel James became assistant art director for The Tribe, as well as guest starring occasionally as Zoot. He also worked behind the scenes on Revelations, another Cloud 9 series.
Unlike many other teen shows, every member of the Series 1 cast of The Tribe was exactly or approximately the same age as the character he or she played.
Executive producer and co-creator of The Tribe, Raymond Thompson, had the idea for the show as far back as 1980, but it only became a reality in 1997 when he and co-creator Harry Duffin began to flesh out characters and storylines.
Matt Robinson (Slade) moved to New Zealand from Britain when he was cast in Series 5.
The Horton Bailey Hotel, the Loco base for quite some time, was simply the front of the Cloud 9 Studios, redressed. Also, the pool at the back of the hotel is also the pool at the studios.
On screen sisters Java, Siva and Ebony are played by real life sisters Megan Alatini, Monique Cassie and Meryl Cassie respectively.
Antonia Prebble (Trudy) and Michelle Ang (Tai-San) now star as Loretta West and Tracey Wong respectively in the black comedy Outrageous Fortune.
Dan Hennah was production designer on The Tribe and his wife Chris was art/design manager. They held similar positions on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which began filming, also in New Zealand, a year after The Tribe did. Many cast members of The Tribe also had parts in The Lord of the Rings, including Jacob Tomuri (Luke) who was a stunt performer.
Series 6 had two scripts already written and scheduled filming, but neither script seemed to follow traditionally from where series 5 finished. A gap was missed and it introduced a merge of The Tribe and The New Tomorrow (the sequel). The two series 6 scripts that were written can be found as PC Rom extras on disc 7 of series 5.