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00:30The end of the working day approaches and it's been an unusually quiet period at North End Airport.
00:39The agents have had very little of importance to do.
00:42So much so that earlier, one passenger was detained and interrogated for quite some time
00:47after arousing the suspicions of Agents Andy Church and Clive Hassler.
00:50Why didn't you just ask him?
00:53Well, no, I've detained him. He thinks something's really wrong.
00:56I just flew in from New York, was doing some publicity. I had to be out there.
01:03That's part of the job, really. Any other questions?
01:07Ah, yes.
01:07Were you on Game of Thrones?
01:17Was that...?
01:18Yes.
01:21I told you.
01:23Yeah.
01:24I told you.
01:24Yes. That's great. I did believe you. I just... I've not seen it, so I didn't know.
01:30Right.
01:31When you read the script, be like, whoa, I'm going to kiss so many ladies.
01:36Well, you know, there's a lot more to it than just kissing ladies.
01:41Ah, OK.
01:41You know, that's obviously part of...
01:44Yeah, you had to kill guys as well.
01:47Yep.
01:48Um...
01:48Back in the office, as the team prepares to head home, agent Tariq Mansour has big plans for the evening.
01:58Yeah, I got my first gig tonight in a long time, and it's been a while, but I'm feeling really, really spiced about it.
02:04I'm a little bit nervous, because it's a big club. I've been working out what I'm going to play, got my mixes down, so Ashford's going to get blown away. I'm coming for you, Ashford.
02:14Flushed with excitement, agent Mansour decides to invite colleague agent Church to his important night.
02:20Hey, fat face.
02:25Don't know why I said that, because you don't have a fat face.
02:27Well, that was weird.
02:29Yeah, sorry.
02:30So, what's going on?
02:31I've got a DJ gig tonight.
02:35You've got a gig? That's great.
02:37Uh-huh. Yeah, um, you want to come?
02:39Sure, maybe, yeah.
02:41Cool.
02:43Hey, fat faces? What are you talking about?
02:48Nothing.
02:50You sure?
02:52Uh-huh.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Clive's, you know...
02:55He's a good dude, you know.
02:59It's just that DJing is important to me.
03:01And Andy, I don't know, she just gets me.
03:04I thought it would be good to spend some quality time with her.
03:06Mr Fat Pace, oh, I'm afraid you have the wrong extension.
03:09You're going to want Tarek's, which is seven...
03:13Are you inside the building?
03:15Then it's eight first.
03:17Just her.
03:18The brush is next to the toilet for a reason.
03:23Chief Inspector Linda Proctor is dealing with some important business
03:26when Agent Hassler arrives with his own urgent news.
03:29I don't care about your mother.
03:31She's not the bloody queen.
03:32Oh, really?
03:35Oh, well, I don't really care about that piss flap either.
03:39Yes?
03:40Trouble at the home office.
03:41What do you want?
03:42I have some information that you might be interested in.
03:47Tarek is DJing tonight, and he is inviting people from the office.
03:52That is fantastic news.
03:55My mother-in-law's coming over tonight.
03:57Well, I think we should keep it like an office thing.
03:58But he's just invited Andy,
04:00and I've been waiting to see him spin for so long.
04:03You don't think you'd think about inviting us, do you?
04:05No.
04:07No, I...
04:08I'm too old.
04:12Am I?
04:15Maybe.
04:17It's great to get out there and see if I've still got it, you know?
04:20Tsh, tsh, tsh, tsh.
04:22Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.
04:29It's perhaps unsurprising that Agent Hassler is so keen to let his hair down this evening,
04:34as this afternoon's interrogation was nothing short of exhaustive.
04:38Any further questions?
04:41Sorry, do you have one more question?
04:45Yeah.
04:45The swords.
04:47Real?
04:49Swords on the show, were they real?
04:51As the final few passengers of the day are processed,
04:53the team prepares to leave for the evening,
04:56when Agent Brody approaches Agent Church with an anomaly.
04:59Andy, Andy, can I have a quick word?
05:02Yeah, sure, what's going on?
05:03So I've got this lady from Zurich.
05:06What's the problem?
05:07Well, she says she's from Switzerland, but I don't know, I don't really want to say.
05:11Grant, I think you might be...
05:12Profiling, yeah, I know, and I've been trying hard, I have...
05:16Agent Brody has been trying to reform his tendency to stop passengers by racially profiling them,
05:21so is a little hesitant to bring this case to the team's attention.
05:24She started talking to me, and I'm trying really hard,
05:27and then she gives me this.
05:35Is this a fake passport?
05:36Is it?
05:37I mean, yeah, yeah, it is.
05:39Grant, I think you might have just legitimately detained someone.
05:41That's a good thing.
05:49That's a good thing.
05:50Meanwhile, Agent Hassler has established that he and Chief Inspector Proctor are equally enthused about Agent Mansoor's DJ night,
05:57and so he sets him out securing an invite.
06:01Hey, Tarek, what are you doing tonight, for example?
06:05I'm going to have a quick drink, and then I'm just going to...
06:06I know that you have a DJ kick, can I?
06:08Sorry, I got too excited, I couldn't hold it in.
06:11You wouldn't like it.
06:12But I am invited?
06:14It's garage type of house music.
06:16Ah, I like it.
06:17I'll land, I'll land, I'll, I bet that I'll love it.
06:20Can I come?
06:22It, uh, sold out.
06:25Yeah, yeah.
06:25It's ticketed?
06:27Absolutely.
06:28Yeah.
06:28And it's...
06:30Totally sold out.
06:31Totally sold out.
06:32There's no tickets on the door.
06:32No, no.
06:33Damn.
06:34Sorry, man.
06:35Oh, no, it's OK, I just...
06:38I don't know why I'm going to tell Proctor.
06:40She was going to be my plus-one.
06:41What was that?
06:43What, what, what?
06:44It's like when you bring an extra person, it's like, you plus-one.
06:48It's two tickets, but it's just like, I'm the main guest.
06:53This is the passenger from Switzerland,
06:55who was detained by Agent Brodie.
06:57As he's determined to avoid his tendency to racially profile passengers,
07:01this is a delicate situation.
07:03You say you're from Switzerland, but do you speak Swiss?
07:07Oh, Grant, Swiss is not a language.
07:10Really?
07:12So what, what do they, what do they speak?
07:14They speak German, French, Italian and English.
07:17Look, we're sorry to keep you waiting here.
07:20It's just that you've...
07:21come through the border with a fake passport.
07:25Let me explain.
07:26My name is Dr. Jamila Apuloko.
07:30I am from Nigeria,
07:32and I'm here to claim asylum.
07:34There's something about you.
07:39Knew you weren't Swiss.
07:42I'm sorry, Dr. Apuloko,
07:44did you say that you're here to claim asylum?
07:46You're an asylum seeker?
07:48Yes.
07:49And a professor.
07:50Wow.
07:51I barely got my GCSEs.
07:54There's still time.
07:55So, why did you choose North End Airport?
07:59Well, there's some fantastic deals from Zurich.
08:01Really?
08:02And I had to leave Nigeria before I wasn't murdered.
08:05It turns out, Jamila, the doctor,
08:13connected through Zurich to try and get here
08:15without arousing suspicion.
08:17If she goes back to Nigeria,
08:20then they'll put her in jail.
08:22Or worse.
08:24Not because she's dangerous,
08:25but because of who she's in love with.
08:28I mean, I'm in love with a woman too,
08:31but you don't get sent to jail for that here.
08:33So, um, these, uh...
08:39The deals from Zurich, are they...
08:43OK, I'm going to get proper.
08:46And, just like that,
08:47there's a major case for the Borderline team.
08:50Agent Church needs to ensure things are handled
08:52with dignity and professionalism,
08:54so takes the news to Chief Inspector Proctor,
08:57who, up to now, has been more concerned
08:59with preparing for Agent Mansoor's DJ night.
09:01What do you think?
09:02I... Yeah, I think that's a fun woman.
09:06Hello.
09:06Not too much?
09:07Because I was going to wear a dress,
09:08but then I didn't want to look like I was trying too hard.
09:10So I just thought, you know, jumpsuit.
09:13It could be a bit masculine, but then also the lace.
09:16Yeah, no, that helps.
09:17Only problem is, if I need a wee,
09:19I'm going to be sitting in a public toilet,
09:21completely naked,
09:22in a pool of other people's piss.
09:24Well, that's a lovely image,
09:27but I've got a situation in the interview room.
09:30Oh, yeah? What is it?
09:31We've got an asylum seeker.
09:34What did you just say?
09:35We have an actual asylum seeker.
09:37Oh, shit.
09:40Have you heard the news?
09:41Oh, yeah.
09:41You just told her?
09:42Yeah.
09:43Tarek's DJ night is sold out.
09:44The arrival of the asylum seeker
09:50has given the team a renewed sense of purpose,
09:53as their only other case was earlier in the day
09:55and involved extensive questioning of a passenger
09:57detained on suspicion of being in Game of Thrones.
10:01Was it cool to be a king?
10:03Yep.
10:04When you were at home, were you ever like,
10:06I wish I could be a king again?
10:08And then someone says, someone's like,
10:10you're like, hey, give me that.
10:11And they're like, no.
10:12And then you could be like,
10:13I was a king, then give it to me.
10:15Who do you think should be the rightful heir of Westeros?
10:18I haven't read it, so...
10:20Oh, that's weird.
10:22Why would you not have read it?
10:24Well, I read the script.
10:25It's all, everything's...
10:26You get a lot more detail in the books.
10:28It sort of takes you back through the history of...
10:30How did you...
10:31And he doesn't want to answer questions about that.
10:33Are all those people really naked?
10:35I haven't read Game of Thrones.
10:36Have you seen the size of those books?
10:37They're like a doorstop each,
10:39and there's like five of them.
10:41Forget that.
10:41There's no time.
10:42Do you need me here now?
10:47No, we can do this anywhere.
10:50It's near the end of shift at North End Airport,
10:53and apart from a thorough 90-minute interrogation
10:56of a man suspected of being Robert Baratheon on Game of Thrones,
11:00today has been largely uneventful for the borderline team.
11:02Though, even on a quiet day,
11:07it's important to keep on top of mundane tasks,
11:11such as retrieving files.
11:16However, as they were preparing to leave for the evening,
11:20the arrival of the airport's first-ever asylum seeker
11:22changed the team's plans.
11:24Dr. Jamila Apoloko fled Nigeria amidst fears for her safety
11:28after falling in love with another woman.
11:31Now, she's sharing some happy memories from her childhood.
11:35So, my mother slapped my face, and I began to cry,
11:38and she said,
11:39now that you're ugly, maybe you'll make some friends.
11:42Well, that is some story there.
11:46A small hint of child abuse, but...
11:48I thought my mother was tough.
11:50Listen, we're going to do everything we can to try to help you,
11:53no matter how long it takes, OK?
11:55Oh, what about your DJ night?
11:57No, it's so I don't remember.
11:57No, no, I called the venue, they said it was cool.
11:59Did you?
12:00All four of us can get in.
12:00Because I rang up and they said that they didn't have any tickets at all.
12:03Excuse me.
12:05Can we please stay focused?
12:07Sorry, doctor.
12:10This woman is amazing.
12:12And now her future is in the hands of North End Airport and Grant,
12:17who thinks that Swiss is a language.
12:20Having established that the amazing Dr Apiloko
12:24is a genuine candidate to claim asylum,
12:26Chief Inspector Linda Proctor calls an emergency meeting
12:29to discuss how to deal with the situation ethically and professionally.
12:34So, there is a certain procedure that we need to follow.
12:40Firstly...
12:40The screening interview.
12:42Yes, yes.
12:43Screening interview.
12:45Then if she passes the screening interview,
12:47we'll be sending her on our way to...
12:49Where is it again?
12:50The visa place in Croydon.
12:51Croydon.
12:52For her official application.
12:53Then we'll have to find her a lawyer.
12:55See, it's easy to remember everything once you get started.
12:58Now, obviously, this means that we will have to stay a bit later,
13:01and I know that we were all looking forward to seeing Tarek DJ.
13:05Just, uh, me and Andy.
13:07Just you and me?
13:08Yeah, you still want to go?
13:09Yeah, I said maybe.
13:11OK, guys, focus.
13:12Now, Grant.
13:13Aye.
13:14You stopped, Miss Apiloko, so you will be lead agent.
13:17You'll be responsible for conducting the screening interview
13:21and then for moving her on to Croydon.
13:24Now, it's a very important task.
13:26You will need to stay focused.
13:27Oh, sorry, um, just when you said lead agent, um...
13:32I forgot what you were saying, so, uh...
13:36Shall I help Grant?
13:39Uh, yes, Andy, great, thank you.
13:41So, team, as I was saying...
13:42The team must mobilise to try and process
13:44Dr Apiloko's plea for asylum as quickly as possible.
13:48It means they'll have to stay on late, but no-one seems to mind.
13:52It's kind of like everyone's on a stakeout, you know, as I say.
13:54Oh, man.
13:58Hey, give me some more of that coffee.
14:01And we're going to be here all night.
14:06Oh, yeah, well, we better...
14:07What was that?
14:10Hi, this is Andy Church from North End Airport.
14:13We have an asylum seeker.
14:16North End Airport.
14:18North End?
14:19Hi, I'm going to need an immigration lawyer sent to North End Airport.
14:24North End.
14:27No, I swear we're an actual airport.
14:29Pepperoni.
14:31Large.
14:32Thin crust.
14:33And...
14:34And Hawaiian.
14:36Uh, is the pepperoni always round?
14:40Yeah, no, that's...
14:40It's not a problem.
14:41Over the last couple of hours, the agents have been relentless in their efforts.
14:46But before the big moment, they take a minute to refuel.
14:49OK, guys, listen up.
14:52OK, so you've all worked really hard today, but in order for this to pay off, we need to rely on Grant.
14:59Aye.
15:00Are you clear on your duties?
15:02Aye.
15:02If she answers all the questions correctly, then she's going to Croydon.
15:08If she doesn't, well, then we're going to have to send her back home.
15:15It's a huge responsibility for Agent Brodie.
15:18As it was he who originally detained Dr Apiloko, he's legally responsible for conducting the screening interview alone.
15:25The team are fully aware that the future safety of this brave woman lies solely in his hands.
15:30I've got this. I've got this one.
15:33Um, well...
15:35Do you want to take in a slice of pizza for her?
15:39Uh, that's, uh, eh, be a good idea.
15:42Right, wish me luck with her.
15:45Wait, Grant!
15:47She probably needs some napkins.
15:51Thanks.
15:54There.
15:57We just have to be careful. There's a lot of pressure on us.
16:00You know, from powers above.
16:02Um, but I think everyone's got a good head on their shoulders.
16:05We take the time to see everyone for who they are.
16:09We can be here in the UK and we can forget sometimes of the world outside.
16:14But we're good at our jobs.
16:20So what time are you leaving for your gig?
16:21Well, now that we're working on this, I actually had to cancel it.
16:26Oh, thank God. No, I don't have to go.
16:27Very funny.
16:29No, it's good of you to stay.
16:31Yeah, I'm OK with it, actually.
16:33It's important, you know.
16:35Plus, it's nice to hang out with...mates.
16:38Is that someone thanking you for not doing the gig?
16:44No, it's Monica.
16:46Are you guys still seeing each other?
16:48Kinda.
16:49Not really.
16:51Oh.
16:52Sorry to pry.
16:54No, no, you're not prying at all.
16:56Um, she thinks...
16:57She's convinced.
17:03She'll probably finish this form.
17:10For Agent Brodie, Dr Apoloko's case is new and challenging professional territory.
17:16Fully aware of how high the stakes are, he wraps up the most important interview of his life.
17:21It's now quite late in the evening, so only the few agents who feel emotionally connected to the case remain.
17:27What happened?
17:31Um, I...I got her through.
17:34She's...she's going to Croydon.
17:37Oh!
17:39It's the first time anyone's ever been excited about going to Croydon.
17:44I've just stopped making jokes in these situations.
17:49Today's been incredible for the Borderline team,
17:52ending with an emotional goodbye to Dr Apoloko
17:55as she continues her journey to safety.
17:57The agents have rarely felt such a sense of collective accomplishment,
18:01not least because they'd already successfully processed another detainee earlier that day.
18:07Yeah, erm...
18:09Anything else that...
18:10Were you disappointed that your character got killed off so early?
18:13Because you don't know where the next work is coming from.
18:15Well, you know, that's...that's the...that's the story that's there in the script.
18:20But could you, like, ask to...could you have asked to...
18:24To stay alive?
18:25Yeah.
18:26Not really.
18:28It's, er...
18:29Do...do...do...do you need anything else from me now?
18:34Because I've got to...
18:35Oh, yeah, sorry. No, you're not being detained.
18:37I just wanted you to meet Andy.
18:38I'm just a big fan of Game of Thrones, so...he said.
18:41Okay.
18:42Well, you know, nice to, er...
18:44Nice to meet you.
18:46I'll, er...
18:47You can, yeah, let yourself out, because I'll just see what it is.
18:49They let you keep them.
18:50Sorry.
18:51Thanks.
18:52The question that I get asked most frequently was...
18:56Was it fun doing Game of Thrones?
19:00Erm...
19:01Yes, it was.
19:02Not fun answering that question.
19:05Er...
19:06It happens a lot, but not generally in airports by, er...officials.
19:12What a guy.
19:13Really sweet guy.
19:15Dear diary, you know?
19:20That was at 1.19pm.
19:22Six hours and 41 minutes later, the team are still in the office,
19:26celebrating the clearance of their first asylum seeker.
19:29That equals an astonishing 13 hours of work, most of them productive.
19:34You look like you're quite scared of the dolphins.
19:36True story?
19:37Ah, it's a true story.
19:38He was brutal.
19:39Mel Gibson's now a legend in Scotland.
19:41Listen, I've got an idea.
19:42This might come as a bit of a surprise,
19:44but I happen to have a bottle of whiskey in my office.
19:49You mean the Proctor locker?
19:51The what?
19:52The drawer in your office that's full of alcohol.
19:55There is no such drawer.
19:57Yeah.
19:58I've had a drink.
19:59Go on, have a drink.
20:00Okay, okay.
20:01Look, we're getting a little bit off topic.
20:02What I'm trying to say is we can celebrate here.
20:05Yeah, I don't got anywhere else to go, so...
20:07Great.
20:08Yeah, sure thing.
20:09Oh, my God.
20:10This is the best day ever.
20:11Perhaps you could spin some tunes, Tarek.
20:13Sure, why not?
20:14I don't know.
20:15Oh, okay.
20:16I've been waiting to see you spin, and now I'm gonna get to see him spin.
20:22Do you have that one?
20:24I just made it up, so probably not.
20:26All right.
20:27I'll play you my best stuff.
20:28Sometimes things are hard, and sometimes things are tricky.
20:46But you can change lives by working together and making each other feel like human beings.
20:54Now I'm off to the beautiful city of Croydon.
21:00I'm lucky.
21:01It's been an extraordinary day for the borderline team, culminating in a well-earned celebration.
21:11But even as they kick back and let their hair down, amidst the buoyant mood, there's still
21:16time for a moment of reflection.
21:18I'll be honest with you, but when I used to think about Africa, I thought about...
21:24...mosquitoes and the Lion King.
21:28Now when I think about Africa, I think of kind people.
21:33And lesbians.
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