A Line in the Sand was a British television mini-series first broadcast on 7 and 8 June 2004 on ITV1. 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 United States on 11 September 2001. The thriller is based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Seymour, and stars Ross Kemp as the protagonist, Frank Parry.