| The Border | |
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| Genre | Drama Crime Spy fiction |
| Created by | Jerremy Hole Janet MacLean Peter Raymont Lindalee Tracy |
| Starring | James McGowan Grace Park Graham Abbey Jonas Chernick Mark Wilson Jim Codrington Athena Karkanis Catherine Disher Sofia Milos Nazneen Contractor Ali Kazmi |
| Composer | Mark Korven |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 38 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Peter Raymont |
| Producers | |
| Cinematography | Gavin Smith |
| Editor | Christopher Donaldson |
| Running time | 45 mins. approx. |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | January 7, 2008 – January 14, 2010 |
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The Border is a Canadian drama television series that aired on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The executive in charge of production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by John Fawcett, Michael DeCarlo, Ken Girotti, Kelly Makin, Brett Sullivan and Philip Earnshaw.[1][2] The first season had a total budget of 20 million dollars, with about 1.5 million dollars per episode.[3]
The series is set in Toronto and follows agents of Immigration and Customs Security (ICS), a fictitious agency described as being created by the Government of Canada to deal with trans-border matters including terrorism and smuggling.
The cancellation of The Border was announced by the CBC after three seasons were aired.[4]
- ^ "Crossing those acting borders". Archived from the original on 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ "Longtime documentarian Peter Raymont in spotlight with new film, TV show". CBC News. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ Dixon, Guy (2008-01-02). "24, but with a conscience". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ "CBC axes Border". 2010-03-02. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-03-05.