Soft Border Patrol

UK television program

Soft Border Patrol is a Northern Irish 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 Northern Ireland. 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
• Shane Todd as Laurence Lyle

Writers

• The Ulster Fry
• Joe Hullait
• Stephen G Large
• Ciaran Bartlett
• PJ Hart
• Susannah McKenna
• Marc McElroy
• Matthew McDevitt
• Bryce Hart
• Leesa Harker
• Eoin Cleland
• Ryan Early

Additional material by the cast

Episodes

Series 1 (2018)

Series 2 (2019)

Series 3 (2020)

See also

• Scot Squad

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. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 1, Hearts and Minds". BBC.
4. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 1, The Eyes of the World". BBC.
5. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 1, Not All Heroes Wear Capes". BBC.
6. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 2, Episode 1". BBC.
7. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 2, Episode 2". BBC.
8. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 2, Episode 3". BBC.
9. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 2, Episode 4". BBC.
10. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 2, The Light That Guides You Through". BBC.
11. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 3, Episode 1". BBC.
12. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 3, Episode 2". BBC.
13. "BBC One - Soft Border Patrol, Series 3, Episode 3". BBC.

External links

• Soft Border Patrol at BBC Online
• Soft Border Patrol at IMDb