Border Patrol | |
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Narrated by | Tim Balme |
Country of origin | New Zealand |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | N/A |
Production | |
Running time | Approx 30 minutes (including commercials) |
Production company(s) | Greenstone TV |
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Original network | TVNZ 1 |
Original release | 2004 – present |
Chronology | |
Related shows |
Border Security: Australia's Front Line Border Security: Canada's Front Line Border Security: America's Front Line Homeland Security USA UK Border Force Customs (Irish TV series) |
External links | |
Website | |
Production website |
Border Patrol is a New Zealand reality television series, focusing on the Customs, the Ministry for Primary Industries, and the New Zealand Immigration Service. The first season premiered in 2004 and it is an original New Zealand concept which has now been replicated throughout the world. In 2006, Border Patrol was the winner of the Best Reality Series at the New Zealand Screen Awards. It is narrated by Tim Balme.
Border Patrol is very popular in New Zealand, and regularly wins its timeslot with usually more than 500,000 viewers per episode. In fact, in January 2012, Border Patrol repeats were screened every night on TV One at 7pm, and in one week it was the most watched show every day, reaching a peak of more than 830,000 viewers during the episode that screened on 9 January.