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 1Breaking Bad In Britain

When British police learn of Pieter Tritton's drug empire, he is forced to go on the run, but he can't resist collecting one final shipment of cocaine.

Episode 2Escape From Al Qaeda

Matthew Schrier is kidnapped in Syria by Al Qaeda, but when the opportunity to escape arises, will he save himself or stay with his fellow American prisoner?

Episode 3Narco At Nineteen

Teenager Simone Blignaut is in Bolivia to secure a major cocaine deal when she's double-crossed - now she must evade capture.

Episode 4Double Crossed In The Desert

Journalist Phil Cox is investigating allegations of illegally deployed chemical weapons when he's taken hostage.

Episode 5Mexican Border Bust

When the plan to smuggle marijuana from Mexico into the U.S. was interrupted, Steve Peterson faced time behind bars... unless he could find a way to escape.

Episode 6Bad Bromance

U.S. Naval Officer Lemar Burton is arrested with five kilos of cocaine through the Bogota airport. Now he must survive one of Colombia's most brutal prisons.

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