Guy Dixon of the Globe and Mail interviews The Border executive producer Peter Raymont:

• ’24, but with a conscience’
  “Depicting the task force as it hunts terrorist cells, smugglers and other kinds of bad guys out to exploit globalization to the hilt, the series’s editing is tight, the dialogue quick and the storylines play off the latest headlines. “We think of it as 24 with a conscience,” Raymont says. Read more.

From the Canadian Press:

• CBC’s eagerly anticipated ‘The Border’ premieres as U.S. shows in reruns
  “With its fast pace, international scope and sleek production values, “The Border” should silence naysayers who gripe that the CBC can’t compete with the quality of the American shows that often trounce it in the ratings when they air on rivals CTV and Global.” Read more.

Nazneen Contractor plays the new kid on the Immigration and Customs Security (ICS) team Agent Layla Hourani. She is joined by her co-star Graham Abbey who plays her partner Gray Jackson.

The Canadian Press has a profile on documentary filmmaker Peter Raymont, executive producing his first TV drama with CBC’s upcoming The Border:

• Longtime documentarian Peter Raymont in spotlight with new film, TV show
  “‘I think we’re getting closer to the truth with The Border than we could do with a documentary on the subject, I really do. Documentaries are all about access – the types I do, anyway. And you can’t get inside those types of national security issues in the post-9-11 world. This is the way to do it, with dramatizations that are informed by and drawn from reality.'” Read more.

Photo from The Border courtesy CBC: American-Canadian differences in policy are personified in the relationship between American agent Bianca LaGarda (Sofia Milos) and her Canadian counterpart Major Mike Kessler (James McGowan).

From Bruce DeMara of the Toronto Star:

• On location with ‘The Border’
  “It is one of life’s sweet ironies that the filming of the new CBC series The Border is actually taking place at a border point.” Read more.