Soft Border Patrol

Soft Border Patrol
Genre
Written by
  • The Ulster Fry
  • Joe Hullait
  • Stephen G Large
  • Ciaran Bartlett
  • PJ Hart
  • Susannah McKenna
  • Marc McElroy
  • Matthew McDevitt
  • Bryce Hart
Directed by Iain Davidson
Starring
  • Alan Irwin
  • Diona Doherty
  • Patrick Buchanan
  • Neil Delamere
  • Eline Van der Velden
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 3
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Justin Binding
  • Rab Christie
  • Gavin Smith
Producer(s) Marie McDonald
Editor(s) Simon Hamilton
Running time approx. 28 minutes
Production company(s) BBC
Release
Original network BBC Northern Ireland
Picture format 16:9 1080i
Original release 2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) – present
External links
Website

Soft Border Patrol is a British mockumentary sitcom in the style of a reality television programme based around the subject of the Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border in a post-Brexit world. It shadows the Soft Border Patrol, a fictional border agency backed by governments in London, Dublin and Belfast, and the European Commission in Brussels. The title is a play on the desire at the time of writing for the outcome of the Brexit negotiations for there to be a Soft Border between the Republic of Ireland and the north. Much of the series was unscripted, with broad ideas given to the cast by the writers[1]

It was written by the Glasgow-based The Comedy Unit [2] and the first episode was broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland on 2 March 2018 at 22:35, with episodes two and three following on the 9 and 16 March.

Cast

  • Karen Hassan as Lisa McCoy
  • Alan Irwin as Sandy Donaldson
  • Neil Delamere as Niall Sweeney
  • Diona Doherty as Tracy Jones
  • Patrick Buchanan as Connor Lafferty
  • Chris Patrick-Simpson as Kris Davis
  • Michael Condron as Ben McGregor
  • Julie Maxwell as Charlene Dunn
  • Faolan Morgan as Derek O'Hara
  • Eline Van der Velden as Marianne Van Kesteren
  • David Ireland as Farmer Campbell
  • Michael Stranney as Craig Carson
  • Elaine Malcolmson as Penny
  • Keith Singleton as Michael Flynn
  • Lucy McConnell as Heather Campbell
  • Christian Talbot as Norman Norman

Writers

  • The Ulster Fry
  • Joe Hullait
  • Stephen G Large
  • Ciaran Bartlett
  • PJ Hart
  • Susannah McKenna
  • Marc McElroy
  • Matthew McDevitt
  • Bryce Hart

Additional material by the cast

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
132 March 2018 (2018-03-02)16 March 2018 (2018-03-16)

Series 1 (2018)

# Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"Hearts and Minds"[3]Iain DavidsonTBA2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)
Does a plank across a stream constitute an illegal border crossing? Is chorizo still legal in Northern Ireland? Thankfully the SBP are here to provide information and clarification.
2"The Eyes of the World"[4]Iain DavidsonTBA9 March 2018 (2018-03-09)
The SBP are alert and ready to deal with any border situation. These include deciding if an abandoned fish is a Free State fish or property of the Queen, the Continuity Nine County Sovereignty Committee striving to unify the nine counties of Ulster and identifying animals by their accents. They also deal with a hen party whose Greek member does not have her passport and a report of a tourist from the Continent urinating in a bush.
3"Not all Heroes Wear Capes"[5]Iain DavidsonTBA16 March 2018 (2018-03-16)
Complex territorial issues addressed by the independent organisation monitoring the thin dotted line between the EU and the UK. The Patrollers carry out a suspiciously lengthy strip-search on a smuggler, dispose of some controlled explosives with a controlled explosion, and suffer some contentious fallout from a visit to a Mexican restaurant. Meanwhile, the 'virtual border' gets a real grilling from a BBC reporter.

References

  1. ↑ Scott, Sarah (2 March 2018). "BBC show Soft Border Patrol set to be Northern Ireland's newest comedy hit". Belfast Live. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ↑ O'Grady, Sean (10 March 2018). "TV Preview, Soft Border Patrol (BBC2 Northern Ireland, BBC iPlayer, Friday 10.35pm): Brexit break-up comedy". The Independent. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Soft Border Patrol, Episode 1" at BBC Programmes
  4. ↑ "Soft Border Patrol, Episode 2" at BBC Programmes
  5. ↑ "Soft Border Patrol', Episode 3" at BBC Programmes
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