Episode 1
Caracas/Venezuela Blues
45m
David Evans is arrested trying to smuggle drugs from Venezuela to Amsterdam.
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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 4 episodes
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Episode 2
Kidnapped in the Philippines
45m
Church volunteer Greg Williams is kidnapped and tortured by members of Abu Sayyaf.
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Episode 3
Puerto Vallarta/Mexican Justice
45m
Jake Libbon gets arrested in Mexico for selling marijuana, then is falsely accused of shooting two police officers.
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Episode 4
Brazil/Sao Paulo Death Trap
45m
Hollywood "party animal" Brendan Cosso and three friends are arrested trying to smuggle cocaine out of Brazil to Hungary.
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Episode 5
Indonesia/Busted In Bali
45m
A random encounter with a family friend at the Bali airport was all it took to land Chris Parnell in jail and arrested on charges of smuggling 12 kilos of hashish.
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Episode 6
Mexico/Teen Smuggler
45m
Alex Silva grew up in the ghetto of El Paso Texas. Son to a single mother who didn't care he wasn't going anywhere. A small job at an auto shop got him involved in smuggling drugs from Mexico.
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Episode 7
Cuba/Hooked In Havana
45m
When Kahlilah met big-shot music producer Roy, she didn't expect that her life would change forever. Just months into their relationship, Roy forced her to smuggle 18 pounds of cocaine.
Where to watch Banged Up AbroadEpisode 8
Iraq/Kidnapped In Iraq
45m
Journalists Scott Taylor and Zeynep Tugrul are kidnapped by insurgents who accuse them of being American spies.
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Episode 9
Barbados/Busted And Pregnant
45m
British teen Zara Whittaker is arrested at an airport trying to smuggle cocaine out of Barbados.
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Episode 10
Betrayed In Ecuador
45m
An unsuspecting woman, Zoe McGarry, is given a suitcase full of cocaine and is arrested when attempting to board a plane with it.
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Episode 11
Sierra Leone/Jungle Siege
45m
During a U.N. peace mission, a minor incident sparks nationwide fighting, leading Major Phil Ashby to flee his disarmament camp and chance survival in a daring escape through the jungle.
Episode credits
Guest stars James Tovell
Episode 12
Jamaica/Jamaican Getaway
45m
T.K. White and her girlfriend are sent to Kingston's notorious central prison after attempting to smuggle marijuana.
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Episode 13
India/Delhi/Party Girl
45mfinale
Clare Matthews quits her job and travels to India. But when money gets tight, she gambles for a quick payout: sending hash illegally to London via parcel. It works the first time, even the second. But the third time, her luck runs out and she ends up in one of the world's largest jails.
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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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