Episode 1
Costa Rica/Mexico (Scott and Lucy's Story)
45m
Scott Campbell and Lucy Baker are British travellers arrested in Mexico.
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TV series
Banged Up Abroad
2007TV-1415 seasons7.7 / 10
Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.
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Synopsis
Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Australia (Mark's Story)
45m
Mark Knowles is arrested in Sydney after attempting to smuggle cocaine from the U.S. to Australia.
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Episode 3
Venezuela/Margarita Island (Denis and Donald's Story)
45m
Donald McNeil, a yachtsman, is arrested after being pressured to collect an enormous shipment of cocaine worth 30 million pounds (more than $43.2 million in U.S. dollars).
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Episode 4
Thailand (The Sandra Gregory Story)
45mfinale
Sandra Gregory is arrested in Thailand trying to smuggle heroin into Japan.
Where to watch Banged Up AbroadEpisode information updated Aug 15, 2026
More about Banged Up Abroad
Cast
Alex AndreasTony Galeota
James TovellMajor Phil Ashby
Jonah RussellStephen Sutton
Ronan SummersRhett
John CumminsSimon Burke
Dean GoldblumJohn Alite (Teenager)Alice BirdNicky
Fumilayo Brown-OlatejuLatasha MadsonCredits
- Created by
- Bart Layton
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 132
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
National GeographicUnited Kingdom
5United Kingdom
RAWUnited Kingdom
Themes
incarceration
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