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Banged Up Abroad
Banged Up Abroad is a British documentary series which aired on Channel 5. The series premiered on July 24, 2007.
It features stories of people who have been arrested while travelling abroad, usually for trying to smuggle illegal drugs out of a particular country and have received lengthy prison sentences as a result. Among the stories to have been told is that of British woman Sandra Gregory, who spent several years in the Klong Prem Central Prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle heroin out of Thailand.
Koop deze serieIt features stories of people who have been arrested while travelling abroad, usually for trying to smuggle illegal drugs out of a particular country and have received lengthy prison sentences as a result. Among the stories to have been told is that of British woman Sandra Gregory, who spent several years in the Klong Prem Central Prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle heroin out of Thailand.
Episodes
Season 1
Scott Campbell and Lucy Baker are British travellers arrested in Mexico.
Mark Knowles is arrested in Sydney after attempting to smuggle cocaine from the U.S. to Australia.
Donald McNeil, a yachtsman, is arrested after being pressured to collect an enormous shipment of cocaine worth 30 millio...
Sandra Gregory is arrested in Thailand trying to smuggle heroin into Japan.
The true account of a British couple who were sentenced to 10 years in a Mexican prison after having been caught traffic...
An international drug deal gone wrong ends up sending a young couple to prison in Sydney for smuggling of cocaine.
Three American citizens who were held in a Venezuelan prison for six years after smuggling cocaine, discuss their experi...
A young British woman in Thailand agrees to smuggle an addicts personal stash of heroine to Tokyo to raise money for her...
Season 2
Krista Barnes and Jennifer Davis are two American women arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru.
Jim Miles and Paul Loseby, two British teenagers, are arrested in Venezuela for trying to smuggle drugs.
Piers Hernu, a dual British-French traveller, is arrested trying to smuggle 28 kilos of gold bullion from Hong Kong to N...
Glen Heggstad, an American adventurer, is kidnapped by the Colombian National Liberation Army.
Safari guide Mark Ross and his tour group are kidnapped by Hutu rebels in Uganda.
Jon James and Camilla Carr move from England to contribute to a children's centre in war torn Chechnya... only to be kid...
Rhys Partridge and Béla Nuss are kidnapped by British terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh while travelling in India.
Gracia and Martin Burnham, Christian missionaries in the Philippines, are kidnapped by members of Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim f...
While vacationing in Malaysia, Monique and Callie Strydom are kidnapped by a Muslim militant group and held hostage for...
The story of a vacationing South African couple who were kidnapped by Muslim militants in Malaysia, and how they spent f...
A former South African military attache, McGill Alexander was taken hostage by one of Taiwan's most notorious criminals,...
An American who was arrested taking cocaine from the country talks about his stay at a one of the notorious prisons in E...
Season 3
Simon's trip to Peru is initiated by his friend Sarah Jackson who convinces him to smuggle drugs. Things turn bad for Si...
Lia McCord, an American teenager, is arrested in Bangladesh for trying to smuggle heroin.
Scott White is arrested in Kuwait for selling hashish, then escapes from jail during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
Amardeep Bassey, a British journalist on the way to Afghanistan for an assignment, is accused of being a spy and arreste...
Russell Thoresen, an American traveller, is arrested in Peru for trying to smuggle cocaine.
Taiwan's most-wanted criminal breaks into the house of McGill Alexander, a South African army colonel, and takes Alexand...
An American, Daniel Van De Zande is arrested trying to smuggle cocaine from Ecuador to Europe.
Cullen Thomas, working with his girlfriend "Rocket," is arrested trying to smuggle hashish from the Philippines to South...
Scott Taylor, a Canadian war correspondent, recalls being kidnapped by Iraqi insurgents as he covered the Iraq War.
Zara would leave England to go to Ecuador to smuggle cocaine back home. However, she would get caught in Barbados, and s...
A freelance journalist is duped into carrying on her friend's bag onto a plane which was full of cocaine, causing her to...
Major Phil Ashby tells his story of being in the war-torn Sierra Leone as a UN Peacekeeper, and being ambushed by rebel...
A couple agreed to accept $5,000 and a free vacation if they would smuggle marijuana from Jamaica, but wind up in an ove...
A woman from London is sent to India's Tihar Jail, one of the world's largest prison, after she sends hashish to Europe...
Season 4
David Evans is arrested trying to smuggle drugs from Venezuela to Amsterdam.
Church volunteer Greg Williams is kidnapped and tortured by members of Abu Sayyaf.
Jake Libbon gets arrested in Mexico for selling marijuana, then is falsely accused of shooting two police officers.
Hollywood "party animal" Brendan Cosso and three friends are arrested trying to smuggle cocaine out of Brazil to Hungary...
A random encounter with a family friend at the Bali airport was all it took to land Chris Parnell in jail and arrested o...
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 sm...
When Kahlilah met big-shot music producer Roy, she didn't expect that her life would change forever. Just months into th...
Journalists Scott Taylor and Zeynep Tugrul are kidnapped by insurgents who accuse them of being American spies.
British teen Zara Whittaker is arrested at an airport trying to smuggle cocaine out of Barbados.
An unsuspecting woman, Zoe McGarry, is given a suitcase full of cocaine and is arrested when attempting to board a plane...
During a U.N. peace mission, a minor incident sparks nationwide fighting, leading Major Phil Ashby to flee his disarmame...
T.K. White and her girlfriend are sent to Kingston's notorious central prison after attempting to smuggle marijuana.
Clare Matthews quits her job and travels to India. But when money gets tight, she gambles for a quick payout: sending ha...
Season 5
In intimate detail, Locked Up Abroad reveals Billy Hayes' real-life experience behind the Oscar-winning 1978 film, "Midn...
When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, Tom Lynch and his fellow contractor John White decided to get out of Iraq wh...
After accepting an offer to work as a hostess in Japan, Jackie Nichols meets a charming Israeli drug smuggler and agrees...
A 28-year-old English teacher named Tim Schrader agrees to smuggle eight kilos of heroin into the U.S. to solve his fina...
With his girlfriend pregnant, American musician Michael Morey needs money and agrees to smuggle cocaine from Quito to Sp...
A jungle adventure turns sour when American backpacker Mark Wedeven and his travel companions are taken hostage by armed...
Season 6
Henry Hill--who inspired the movie Goodfellas--relays the true story of his rise and fall as a drug dealing wiseguy in t...
Scottish chef Gordon Malloch arrives in Saudi Arabia to start a new life as a catering manager, but quickly finds himsel...
Briton David Scott tells the story of finding his soulmate in the Philippines, and risking a 14-year prison sentence for...
After heading to Mexico with a suitcase of fake money to buy drugs, California bodybuilder Jeremy Khinoo finds himself b...
After being caught with a kilo of heroin in Mauritius, Brigene Young faces 45 years in jail unless she can help catch th...
The tale of Chris Chance, whose daredevil life smuggling cannabis into the U.K. concealed in a rubber body suit leads to...
Stephen Sutton gets caught up when he is offered $15,000 to transport cocaine disguised as gold, leading to an 11-year p...
Company director Robert Pringle is sentenced to seven years in a violent South-American lock-up after being pressured by...
Vivian Carrasquillo faces a crash diet in jail after an attempt to raise funds for gastric bypass surgery by becoming a...
Military veteran Kim Hood faces life behind bars in a squalid Thai prison after being caught smuggling 14 kilos of heroi...
A young man travels to Pakistan and sets off with his estranged dad, unaware that his dad is a veteran cannabis smuggler...
The lure of easy money leads an out-of-work father to smuggle cocaine from Nicaragua into the U.S.
An Orthodox Jew from London becomes a key player in an international cocaine-smuggling ring based in São Paulo, Brazil.
This episode tells the story of a Scottish chef named Gordon Malloch. After moving to Saudi Arabia and running a caterin...
This episode tells the story of Henry Hill through the beginning and end of the New York mob.
This episode tells the story of a British man named David Scott. He meets a girl and falls in love with her. However, he...
This episode tells the story of Jeremy Khinoo. After becoming single again, he decides to go to Mexico to buy illegal dr...
This episode tells the story of 20 year old Brigene Young who gets caught smuggling heroin in her shoes.
This episode tells the story of Chris and Susan Chance, who get caught smuggling hashish into Spain.
This episode tells the story of Stephen Sutton, who was offered to transport gold from Argentina to Australia; however,...
This episode tells the story of Robert Pringle who gets caught trying to smuggle drugs out of Peru.
This episode tells the story of Vivian Carrasquillo who gets caught in Colombia working as a drug mule.
This episode tells the story of Kim Hood and Lisa Taylor, who end up in a Thai prison for smuggling heroin.
Season 7
When young actor Erik Audé discovers that he was tricked into smuggling opium out of Pakistan, he must fight to stay ali...
Travelling magician Mark Greening juggles a young family with a budding hash-smuggling business after moving to Japan, b...
Lucy Wright is a nursing student when her life goes from bad to worse to hell. Her boyfriend leaves, she becomes addicte...
Adventure-seeker Thomas Hamill takes a job driving trucks in Iraq, leading to a terrifying time in captivity after being...
Dwight Worker is busted in Mexico for smuggling coke and attempts a daring escape from one of the country's most notorio...
Ruthie Lambert, a middle-aged mother of three, decides to smuggle drugs to make ends meet. She is imprisoned for years b...
British nurse Stephen Comiskey, who takes a job in Saudi Arabia to support his family, draws the unwelcome attention of...
Erez Eltawil and Reini Weigel are among eight backpackers who are snatched by guerrillas during a trek in remote norther...
David and Jayne Bladen's dream of a new life overseas turns into a nightmare journey of drug smuggling and violence culm...
Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia describes how he was summoned to Saddam Hussein's palace and forced to become the body double...
Season 8
Scott Campbell goes travelling in China with his estranged father, only to find out that his dad is a professional smugg...
Duane Wollum is about to make some easy money smuggling cocaine, until an airport security check reveals that he is conc...
Orthodox Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreams of making millions as a drug kingpin in Brazil, leading to a terrifying term in the...
When Susan's Haglof's adoption goes wrong, she ends up in an Egyptian jail, facing a charge of human trafficking.
The gripping story of Tom Hanway, who flees a Chilean prison with a fellow prisoner, taking a dangerous and fatal escape...
The shocking story of Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Winder, two British backpackers who are ambushed and held for ransom by a g...
Desperate to keep his family afloat, Paul Keany agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine from Venezuela back to Dublin, bu...
Thrown into a notorious Bangkok prison for attempting to smuggle heroin, Angela Carnegie has an epiphany while nursing a...
The terrifying story of photojournalist Nigel Brennan and reporter Amanda Lindhout, who are held hostage for 15 months b...
It's 1976 in Cold War Moscow, and American Jerry Amster finds himself in the worst situation possible: busted for smuggl...
Season 9
Ernie Brace is a civilian American pilot during the Vietnam War held as a prisoner of war for about eight years in Vietn...
Shaun Attwood moves from England to Arizona to become a stockbroker. However, he gets caught up in drugs, and eventually...
Tom Crutchfield is a reptile smuggler under investigation during Operation Chameleon. He gets close to being caught in t...
Roy Hallums is an American contractor who was kidnapped in Iraq from 2004 to 2005.
Five Americans attempt to smuggle more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana to the United States. After they are caught and pl...
This episode is the true account of the "Canadian Caper" during the Iran hostage crisis, the story that inspired the mov...
Eddie Padilla is living the high life in Maui, surfing, partying and drug smuggling to support his cocaine addiction. Bu...
Frank Cullotta is a mobster in Las Vegas who becomes well known for robberies. He is caught by the FBI thanks to an info...
19-year-old street racer Rick Cedar is from Spokane, Washington. When he finds out his girlfriend is pregnant, he's over...
When British schoolteacher Howard Marks agrees to help an old friend finish off a drug deal, he has no idea that it will...
Season 10
In 1972, 19-year-old American Jim Paprocki, a college graduate, is convinced by his brother-in-law to join him on a drug...
In 1993, 25-year-old Australian Martin Garnett is already earning good money at a luxury car dealership in Sydney, but h...
The story of 28-year-old Canadian Tabitha Ritchie, whose life took a terrifying turn when she was caught smuggling drugs...
The shocking story of South African couple Debbie Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, who were kidnapped by Somali pirates and h...
Captured by Gaddafi's men while fighting with rebels in Libya, Baltimore-born Matthew VanDyke spent nearly six months in...
The traumatic story of an American schoolboy and his mother, who were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf, a jihadist group, in the...
Canadian 21-year-old Christina Jocko loves spending money, partying and taking drugs. But when she discovers opiates her...
Australian hippie Mark O'Brien is dissatisfied with life. He joins an ashram in India, led by the infamous guru Osho, lo...
When cousins Paris and Maron go to Peru to help out family on a business opportunity, they get more than what they barga...
Season 11
The story of convicted drug dealer Pieter Tritton, whose organization used camping tents to smuggle cocaine from Ecuador...
In 2012 Simone Blignaut has a lucrative job working for one of Johannesburg's biggest drug dealers, but when her boss en...
British journalist Phil Cox returns to Sudan to investigate allegations of illegally deployed chemical weapons; but when...
In 1974 Steve Peterson had fully embraced the laid back counter culture of Southern California, and when the opportunity...
On New Year's Eve 2012 after days covering the conflict in Syria, embedded with the rebel Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, ro...
After initiating divorce proceedings and sending his wife and young son back home, US Naval Officer Lemar Burton turns t...
Season 12
Jimmy gives up his job as a postman to open a bar in Thailand, but quickly starts dealing meth. The police get wise and...
David embarks on an epic road trip, where he attempts to smuggle hash from Afghanistan to Germany. He is caught in Greec...
Unemployed Michael Singh tries cocaine smuggling to make money. But after 7 successful runs, Michael is caught and left...
In Mexico, Carlos Quijas is falsely imprisoned and tortured for drug smuggling. Inside Mexico's most dangerous prison, h...
Champion skier Nick Brewer gets involved in a multi-million dollar cocaine empire in Argentina.
Hip hop dancer LaTasha thinks she's been offered the opportunity of a lifetime, but opportunity turns to nightmare when...
On a mission to find drug labs in the Colombian jungle, Keith Stansell crashes. He's kidnapped by FARC guerrillas and he...
Canadian 21-year-old Christina Jocko loves spending money, partying and taking drugs. But when she discovers opiates her...
Australian hippie Mark O'Brien is dissatisfied with life. He joins an ashram in India, led by the infamous guru Osho, lo...
When cousins Paris and Marlon go to Peru to help out family on a business opportunity, they get more than what they barg...
Season 13
After his arrest, drug dealer Charles Falco is facing decades behind bars. Instead, he strikes a deal with the authoriti...
In South Korea, English teacher Jesse Moskel becomes the kingpin of a huge MDMA smuggling operation - and one of Southea...
Jimmy Bauer is on the cusp of breaking into the music industry and only one thing stands in his way. Money. He faces mor...
When legitimate arms dealer Peter Bleach is asked to supply weapons for a suspected Indian terrorist cell, he agrees to...
Stripper Garrain Jones hits the big-time when he stars in a Beyoncé video, but then loses it all when he gets caught smu...
Struggling single mom Melanie Di Egidio risks all in exchange for a quick buck, but when the plan goes wrong Melanie is...
Ice hockey star Ryan Phillips risks it all when he starts smuggling marijuana across the U.S. border, costing him his fa...
When the plan to smuggle marijuana from Mexico into the U.S. was interrupted, Steve Peterson faced time behind bars…unle...
A wild-living exotic dancer leaves the club scene of Florida to make a dangerous journey into Peru’s drugs underworld, c...
Miami mobster Tony Galeota is locked up in Panama after being framed for drug dealing and human trafficking. Can he prov...
Stripper Garrain Jones hits the big-time when he stars in a Beyoncé video, but then loses it all when he gets caught smu...
Season 14
When a DEA Agent goes after a notorious cartel boss, he gets sucked into a treacherous world where a fatal mistake destr...
When a famous swimwear model builds a beauty brand, it becomes the perfect ruse to smuggle drugs around the world, until...
In this real life Goodfellas tale, New York teen John Alite gets a job at his local Deli, a hangout for ‘wise guys’. He...
In this real-life version of Baltimore drama The Wire, local drug dealer Davon Mayer has a knack for making money. But w...
A broke young Londoner gets an exciting offer to work in his dad’s bar in Thailand. But when he arrives, he soon discove...
Specials
Experience some of the worst prison stays, with travelers who found themselves on the wrong side of the law far from hom...
A man makes a daring escape from a 1970s Soviet prison camp; five Americans tunnel to freedom through concrete with just...
Two bankrupt people agree to smuggle cocaine in South America - with dire consequences.
Lured into smuggling, then betrayed, an Australian man faces a life sentence in Bangkok; an American must escape a Peruv...
A struggling single mom discovers she is pregnant again, then gets arrested for drug smuggling; a street racer dad start...
A martial-arts expert relies on his training to survive prison and isolation from his wife. In Jamaica, a lesbian couple...
Incredible stories of American heroes: Vietnam POWs Sen. John McCain and Ernest Brace and the "Argo" Americans' escape f...
A husband is framed and jailed in Bali; a musician is caught smuggling cocaine in Caracas.
A UN peacekeeper escapes war-torn Sierra Leone; two journalists are kidnapped in Somalia.
Enhanced airport security in Tokyo gets hash smuggler Mark Greening busted; Irish plumber Paul Keany gets caught smuggli...
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