A Line in the Sand was an ITV thriller first broadcast on June 7, 2004. The programme was originally scheduled for broadcast in September 2001, but shelved until June 2004 because a major part of the story involved Middle-Eastern terrorists. This was deemed to be too sensitive after the terrorist attacks on the USA on September 11, 2001. The thriller is based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Seymour, and stars Ross Kemp as the protagonist, Frank Parry.