- Who
- Unknown
- What
- first
- Where
- Czechoslovakia ()
- When
- 1938
A 35-minute-long adaptation of Karel Čapek's (Poland) 1921 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) was broadcast in February 1938 and was the first ever piece of science-fiction seen on television.
It also marked the first time a robot was depicted on screen.
