Banged up Abroad

2007•6 series

Available on 5

Dream adventures turn into hellish nightmares for the travellers featured in this series, which recounts through firsthand interviews and re-enactments terror-filled experiences of being arrested in a foreign country, usually for drug smuggling, and how they coped with the resulting lengthy prison terms. Viewers also hear from people directly involved with the arrests, whether it's the undercover agents gathering the evidence against the suspects, or the people making the drug dealing offers.

Episode 1Plane Crash Marijuana

In 1972, 19-year-old graduate Jim Pap Rocki is convinced by his brother-in-law to join him on a drug run to southern Mexico. All goes to plan until the cargo catches fire and they're forced to cras...

Episode 2Thai Prison Hell

In 1993, 25-year-old Australian Martin Garnett is caught smuggling 4.7 kg of heroin to Bangkok and is set to become Australia's longest-serving prisoner overseas.

Episode 3Bogota Belly Bust

Twenty-eight-year-old Canadian Tabitha Ritchie's life took a terrifying turn when she was caught smuggling drugs out of Colombia.

Episode 4Somali Pirate Hostage Hell

The shocking story of South African couple Debbie Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, who were kidnapped by Somali pirates and held captive for ten terrifying months.

Episode 5Jungle Terror

The traumatic story of an American schoolboy and his mother, who were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf, a jihadist group, in the Philippines and held to ransom in the jungle.

Episode 6Qaddafi's American Prisoner

American Matthew VanDyke returns to Libya to help rebel friends fight against Qaddafi forces, but he's captured and held in solitary confinement for nearly six months.

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