The show premiered in Australia in 2004 and became a ratings hit. The first series was hosted by
Grant Bowler, who stopped appearing on camera in subsequent series; however Bowler continues to provide the voiceover for every episode. It is classified
PG. The series also airs on the Australian pay TV channel
Lifestyle and overseas on the
ABC Australia. The show is also broadcast internationally. In New Zealand, it airs on
TVNZ's TV1, as well as
eden. When LivingTV (now
Sky Witness acquired broacast rights to Border Security: Australia's Front Line in the UK from the programme's distributor
Cineflix International the distirbution arm of Canadian production company Cineflix on 7 June 2005 for Living's Autumn transmission, the series was retitled as
Nothing to Declare in both the UK and Ireland as British government agency
UK Border Force was using the "Border Security" in that region and to avoid confusion with the UK's own border service & trademark conflicts, in the
United States, the series was named '''') for the Spanish television network
NBC Universo. It airs on
Tele 5 in Poland (in Polish), on
vtm in Belgium and on
Veronica in the Netherlands.
Kanal 9 airs the series in Sweden, on
Jim in Finland, on the
TV 2 channel in Denmark, on
Prosieben Maxx and
Nitro in Germany dubbed into German; and also in Italy on DMAX dubbed into Italian, where it is broadcast as
Airport Security, and in France on
CStar, dubbed into French and broadcast as . It is broadcast as '''' in Norway on
TVNorge. In Spain, it is aired on
DMAX (as “Control de Aduanas”).
Border Security also airs across Asia in countries such as
Hong Kong,
Malaysia,
South Korea,
Thailand and
Macau. In
Singapore it airs on
Fox Crime. In Canada, the series airs on
BBC Canada and
DTour. == Criticism ==