Border Patrol (New Zealand TV series)

Border Patrol
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Narrated byTim Balme
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons13
No. of episodes130
Production
Running timeApprox 30 minutes (including commercials)
Production companyGreenstone TV
Original release
NetworkTVNZ 1
Release2004 (2004) –
2023 (2023)
Related
Border Security: Australia's Front Line
Border Security: Canada's Front Line
Homeland Security USA
UK Border Force
Customs
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Border Patrol is a New Zealand reality television series, focusing on the work at New Zealand's borders of New Zealand Customs Service, the Ministry for Primary Industries, and Immigration New Zealand. The series also features appearances by staff from the Department of Conservation. 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.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ "Border Patrol returns to TV tonight". Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  2. ^ "Border Patrol returns to TV tonight". Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2015-01-12.