Fact File: Borderline
Borderline executive producers Larry Bass and Steve November join series producer Mary Callery to tell DQ about this character drama about two mismatched detectives, set on the Irish border. Coproduced by Shinawil and Further South for Germany’s ZDF in association with Lionsgate, Borderline is an investigative drama where character and story take precedence over procedure. Two detectives, Aoife Regan (Amy De Bhrún) and Philip Boyd (Eoin Macken), work in a community populated by idiosyncratic people typical of the Irish borderlands – an area steeped in history, tradition and long memories. Here, Shinawil executive producer Larry Bass and series producer Mary Callery join Further South EP Steve November to reveal more about this series, which comprises three feature-length episodes with stories all impacted by the border and its history, present instability and uncertain future. The Irish border is the United Kingdom’s only land border with the EU For years, geographical borders have fascinated viewers. They beg so many questions: how does a border define its community in terms of family, friends, cultures and economies? What do people living on either side of a border have (or not have) in common? How do attitudes towards a border shift over years with differing political and judicial administrations? The Irish border has always been a neglected ‘backwater,’ not least when it comes to TV drama. Many people outside of Ireland are unaware a border even exists. But creator and writer John Forte grew up with the border and travelled across it many times. He … Continue reading Fact File: Borderline
