Border Security: Australia's Front Line: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Border Security: Australia's Front Line is a fascinating insight into the daily workings of the thousands of officers who dedicate their lives to protecting Australia's border.

With unprecedented access to all areas of national security we patrol the front line with the men and woman of Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Biosecurity.

No more than now has Australia's border been at such risk and Border Security is there capturing all the real-life drama at Australia's busiest airports, sea ports, cargo facilities, mail centres, and on operations in the community.

Series details

• Title: Border Security: Australia's Front Line
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime, Travel
• Premiere date: 2004-10-13
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Seven Network
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 4765

Cast and credited roles

• Grant Bowler — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2004-10-13; final listed air date 2004-12-15.
• Season 2: premiered 2005-02-10; final listed air date 2005-04-21.
• Season 3: premiered 2006-05-16; final listed air date 2006-09-19.
• Season 4: premiered 2006-11-02; final listed air date 2007-03-14.
• Season 5: premiered 2007-07-02; final listed air date 2007-11-26.
• Season 6: premiered 2008-02-11; final listed air date 2008-06-22.
• Season 7: premiered 2009-02-08; final listed air date 2009-04-12.
• Season 8: premiered 2009-09-13; final listed air date 2009-11-25.
• Season 9: premiered 2010-02-14; final listed air date 2010-03-21.
• Season 10: premiered 2010-09-22; final listed air date 2010-11-10.
• Season 11: premiered 2001-03-06; final listed air date 2011-04-10.
• Season 12: premiered 2012-02-05; final listed air date 2012-11-11.
• Season 13: premiered 2013-02-03; final listed air date 2013-10-08.
• Season 14: premiered 2014-02-27; final listed air date 2014-10-05.
• Season 15: premiered 2015-06-24; final listed air date 2015-10-28.
• Season 16: premiered 2016-07-17; final listed air date 2016-11-29.
• Season 17: premiered 2017-06-07; final listed air date 2017-11-26.
• Season 18: premiered 2018-07-31; final listed air date 2018-10-15.
• Season 19: premiered 2018-10-22; final listed air date 2020-10-12.
• Season 20: premiered 2021-02-27; final listed air date 2021-03-13.
• Season 21: premiered 2021-03-17; final listed air date 2023-01-21; episode order: 19.
• Season 22: premiered 2023-08-02; final listed air date 2026-02-01.

Source and licence

Adapted from Border Security: Australia's Front Line on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.