Episode 1
Cuzco
45m
Simon's trip to Peru is initiated by his friend Sarah Jackson who convinces him to smuggle drugs. Things turn bad for Simon when he is handed a lengthy prison sentence.
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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.
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Episode 2
Bangladesh
45m
Lia McCord, an American teenager, is arrested in Bangladesh for trying to smuggle heroin.
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Episode 3
Kuwait
45m
Scott White is arrested in Kuwait for selling hashish, then escapes from jail during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
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Episode 4
Pakistan
45m
Amardeep Bassey, a British journalist on the way to Afghanistan for an assignment, is accused of being a spy and arrested in Pakistan.
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Episode 5
Lima
45m
Russell Thoresen, an American traveller, is arrested in Peru for trying to smuggle cocaine.
Episode credits
Guest stars John Cummins, Rose Leslie
Episode 6
Taiwan
45m
Taiwan's most-wanted criminal breaks into the house of McGill Alexander, a South African army colonel, and takes Alexander and his family hostage.
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Episode 7
Ecuador
45m
An American, Daniel Van De Zande is arrested trying to smuggle cocaine from Ecuador to Europe.
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Episode 8
South Korea
45mfinale
Cullen Thomas, working with his girlfriend "Rocket," is arrested trying to smuggle hashish from the Philippines to South Korea.
Where to watch Banged Up AbroadEpisode information updated Sep 3, 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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