
Border Security: Australia's Front Line Episode Rating Graph
Oct 2004 - present

Oct 2004 - present
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Browse episode ratings trends for Border Security: Australia's Front Line. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Border Security: Australia's Front Line's 212 episodes.
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The first episode of Border Security: Australia's Front Line aired on October 13, 2004.
The last episode of Border Security: Australia's Front Line aired on November 17, 2021.
There are 212 episodes of Border Security: Australia's Front Line.
There are 20 seasons of Border Security: Australia's Front Line.
Yes.
Border Security: Australia's Front Line is set to return for future episodes.
S11 Ep1
10.0
6th Feb 2011
A Nigerian woman claims to be a fashion designer, but Customs officers don't think her story measures up. A sudden memory lapse could be a problem for a Polish passenger who has just travelled for 23 hours to visit his girlfriend. A mysterious box has Quarantine officers digging for answers.
S13 Ep2
8.5
10th Feb 2013
A man finds it hard to explain why he has arrived but officers believe that they know what he is up to. Officers are shocked after a mysterious package is opened. An investigation into a young mother becomes a matter of life and death and stuns everybody involved.
S13 Ep16
8.0
10th Sep 2013
A passenger becomes furious at being searched but some positive drug readings have Customs worried. Quarantine officers discover a Chinese couple attempting to get rid of a high-risk item.
S13 Ep3
8.0
17th Feb 2013
Officers think that there are a few illegal stowaways hiding amongst a large tour group. There is a very shocking surprise in a shipment from Egypt.
S11 Ep5
8.0
6th Mar 2001
Border Officers are surprised at what a passenger is packing, what they discover next leads them to investigate him further. - Border Officers take a closer look at a suspicious package containing a vacuum cleaner sent from Malaysia. - Immigration Officers suspect a traveller with a tourist visa is intending to work in the country illegally. - Quarantine Officers inspect the luggage of a passenger arriving from China and find a treasure trove of undeclared food items along with suspicious food packaging.
S6 Ep9
8.0
8th Apr 2008
A Vietnamese passenger gets upset when Customs take a large interest in his few belongings. A mystery box from Peru sparks a Customs investigation. Immigration think that a Malaysian passenger's story doesn't add up.
S5 Ep20
8.0
12th Nov 2007
Looks back at some emotional and nervous passengers that Customs, Immigration and Quarantine have interviewed.
S5 Ep16
8.0
15th Oct 2007
A Colombian dance instructor may have stepped out of line when Customs officers find heroin readings on samples from his bags. Quarantine officers at the Internation Mail Handling Unit receive a box that smells so foul that it gives them a headache. Immigration compliance officers search a western Sydney warehouse, but obstructions could help a Filipino man they suspect of being an illegal immigrant to get away.
S5 Ep14
8.0
1st Oct 2007
Unusual behaviour from a passenger leads Customs to wonder if he is playing games. Immigration compliance officers face some unexpected hurdles in the search for an illegal worker hiding in a market garden in western Sydney. A passenger is suspected by officers to be carrying drugs, but the situation takes a dramatic turn.
S2 Ep11
8.0
21st Apr 2005
A discovery by Customs that the contents of a container are tobacco and not glassware leads to a major raid. Quarantine discover undeclared food with a high risk of Avian influenza. A British passenger gets the third degree from Customs after his baggage tests positive to traces of cocaine.
S2 Ep10
8.0
14th Apr 2004
Cecilia learns the true identity of someone she has been dating on the Internet for two years. Quarantine officers avert a possible disaster when they discover taro bulbs concealed in a blanket. A romance novel proves that truth is stranger than fiction when it hides some ecstasy tablets.
S1 Ep8
8.0
1st Dec 2004
An illegal vessel runs aground on a reef after a Customs vessel joins in the chase. A Korean passenger makes an indecent proposal during an Immigration interview. A mail room "weight watcher" goes on the search for a secret ingredient in cans of soup.
S9 Ep1
7.7
14th Feb 2010
A Singaporean passenger arrives for a holiday, but Customs officers are more interested in the declared food that he has brought with him. A dawn raid by Immigration takes a few people by surprise. A woman returning from Italy has to get past Quarantine officers before she can meet her husband.
S11 Ep4
7.6
27th Feb 2011
An extreme sport holiday vacationer is being questioned by Security Border Officers after displaying unusual behaviour. - Flavoured Drinking powder packages don't look quite right. - An intercepted message by Immigration Officers reveals deception from a travelling woman with a tourist visa. - A family gets to snack on declared food not authorised into the country, before being let through customs. An other passenger isn't as lucky.
S13 Ep1
7.5
3rd Feb 2013
An American college student might be in the country hopingf or a good time but there is strong evidence in his bags that this isn't the case. A young mother attempts to bluff her way past officers but they are onto her surprising secret.
S10 Ep6
7.5
27th Oct 2010
Customs & Border Protection suspect a woman may be concealing something under her clothes. - A passenger travelling from Vietnam claims to have nothing to declare, so what's in his bags? - Unusual steps are taken to calm an agitated traveller with working visa issues. A parcel form India has caught the attention of Customs & Border Protection Air Cargo Unit. The mascara bottles it contains reveal a big surprise.
S10 Ep3
7.5
6th Oct 2010
There is a chance that a returning young Australian passenger has decided to dump some evidence, ignoring his mother's advice by doing something stupid. Immigration catch a woman lying about her travelling companions, with a simple farewell card getting all of them into trouble. A wardrobe malfunction in Quarantine reveals an elaborate concealment.
S6 Ep2
7.5
18th Feb 2008
An angry Hong Kong banker tries to tell Customs officers how to do their job. The mother of a New Zealand passenger hoping to attend a family reunion makes a passionate plea to Immigration officers. Customs find some new methods of concealing drugs when they search some parcels from India.
S6 Ep1
7.5
11th Feb 2008
Customs are faced with a challenge when they try to find out what a passenger with some unusual travel movements is concealing. Immigration officers try to find out the truth from workers who have a lot to hide during a factory compliance raid in Western Sydney. Two Canadian passengers wanting to have some fun and indulge in a little partying struggle to make it through Quarantine.
S5 Ep18
7.5
29th Oct 2007
Customs suspect that a Malaysian passenger that is hiding something may not be working alone. Some filthy clothes could hold the key to a major Customs investigation. A suspected illegal non-citizen keeps Immigration compliance officers on their toes during a raid at a steel fabrication plant in outer western Sydney.
S13 Ep12
1.0
23rd Jun 2013
A woman with expensive tastes attempts to smuggle an expensive gift back into the country. A male escort and his boyfriend are held in separate immigration interview rooms and after the truth is revealed, it could leave one travel companion shocked.
S8 Ep8
3.5
1st Nov 2009
A passenger is removed from a plane before take-off, a couple makes a desperate plea, and a New York graffiti artist claims he has been framed.
S8 Ep4
5.0
28th Sep 2009
A nervous traveller arriving from China raises suspicion. A family from the US have nothing to declare, but their luggage suggest otherwise. And a Romanian man struggles to get his story straight.
S13 Ep11
5.0
16th Jun 2013
A woman with protruding buttocks attracts the attention of Customs and officers attempt get to discover the truth. Quarantine dogs stop a passenger, and officers discover a bag of meat in his posession.
S2 Ep7
6.0
24th Mar 2005
Two Vietnamese passengers who are good friends separate at the border, attracting the attention of Customs. We find out what happens to items that Customs have seized. Quarantine find truckloads of food in the bags of a Burmese family.
S5 Ep21
6.0
19th Nov 2007
Looks back at some memorable characters encountered by Customs, Immigration and Quarantine officers and their attempts to enter Australia.
S5 Ep22
6.0
26th Nov 2007
Customs officers are horrified by the mysterious contents of an unidentified bag. The Navy, Department of Fisheries and Customs combine in a big operation to stop illegal fishing boats poaching in Australia's rich northern waters. Customs officers find narcotics elaborately concealed inside two printer cartridges.
S8 Ep1
6.0
13th Sep 2009
Unusual clues could mean there's trouble ahead for an American designer. Officers have serious questions for a very flamboyant traveller. And a passenger tries to start a food fight.
S8 Ep2
6.0
20th Sep 2009
A former Miss USA contestant has officers suspicious, and officers find bizarre contents inside a bag. Plus, a romantic reunion on hold, and one of the most brazen attempts at smuggling contraband into the country.
S8 Ep3
6.0
27th Sep 2009
Staff are given enough reason to suspect a bomb is in someone's luggage and the entire airport is shut down. Elsewhere, travellers challenge the highly trained intuition of Customs officers and a businessman's ambitions hit a snag.
S8 Ep7
6.0
25th Oct 2009
An Italian man may want to clown around illegally, a German passenger's nervous behaviour raises alarm and a couple is suspected of sneaking in treats.
S13 Ep10
6.0
9th Jun 2013
A body search ends up revealing something hidden on a passenger. Immigration officers pull aside an Ecuadorian national travelling on a tourist visa attempting to entry the country.
S8 Ep10
6.5
8th Nov 2009
Tonight on Border Security, a heated standoff after the discovery of an illegal weapon, a first time traveller is on a high and seems oblivious to what is at stake. And a shoe concealment has a passenger lost for words.
S8 Ep9
6.7
4th Nov 2009
A New Zealand passenger is unhappy about being questioned about his visa, an incredible situation in customs and a passengers life could be in danger. Three agencies join forces to target illegal taxi drivers.
S1 Ep9
7.0
8th Dec 2004
When a Chinese passenger lays their cards on the table, will Customs call their bluff? A $60,000 Ferrari may be concealing contents that are worth one hundred times as much. Secret ingredients in some cans of soup could put a passenger in very hot water.
S5 Ep12
7.0
17th Sep 2007
A passenger's nervous behaviour has everyone in Customs on edge. Off the central Queensland coast, Customs search an enormous cargo ship where every nook and cranny is a possible hiding place. A passenger's startling comment makes Customs officers concerned that his life may be in danger.
S5 Ep13
7.0
24th Sep 2007
A phone call could change the fate of a passenger who is desperate to stay in Australia. Customs officers investigate a suspicious package from India. Unusual behaviour from a Chinese student in Melbourne attracts the attention of Customs.
S5 Ep19
7.0
5th Nov 2007
Immigration interviews a Phillippine tourist who has a stash of male student identity cards and some undeclared medication. In Brisbane, when a Lebanese passenger gets upset after Quarantine seizes some food that she has brought into the country as gifts for her family, her son in law makes a political issue out of it. In Sydney, a passenger returning from a round-the-world trip catches the attention of Customs officers.
S6 Ep3
7.0
25th Feb 2008
Customs go on the hunt for drugs on two suspicious passengers from different flights from Vietnam. Immigration interview a British passenger who has declared a criminal record, while his girlfriend waits at the airport. Quarantine staff find an act of shocking cruelty in a parcel from China.
S6 Ep4
7.0
3rd Mar 2008
A joint effort between the Navy, Department of Fisheries and Customs intercepts an illegal fishing boat operating in the Arafura Sea, north of Darwin. Customs try to find out why a passenger from Japan is very nervous. Customs staff find an incredible concealment in a package.
S1 Ep7
7.3
24th Nov 2004
An Indonesian who has lived illegally in Australia for 6 years is caught in the middle of an Immigration sting on a restaurant in western Sydney. A South African passenger whose past has caught up with him 11,000 kilometres from home has one final chance to be allowed into Australia.
S1 Ep8
8.0
1st Dec 2004
An illegal vessel runs aground on a reef after a Customs vessel joins in the chase. A Korean passenger makes an indecent proposal during an Immigration interview. A mail room "weight watcher" goes on the search for a secret ingredient in cans of soup.
S1 Ep9
7.0
8th Dec 2004
When a Chinese passenger lays their cards on the table, will Customs call their bluff? A $60,000 Ferrari may be concealing contents that are worth one hundred times as much. Secret ingredients in some cans of soup could put a passenger in very hot water.