Banged Up Abroad (2007)

  • Premiered: Jul 2007
  • Episodes: 171
  • Followers: 23
  • Running
  • National Geographic (UK)
  • Wednesday
  • Documentary Drama Travel

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0x1
Prison Nightmares
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Jan 01, 2015
Experience some of the worst prison stays, with travelers who found themselves on the wrong side of the law far from home.
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0x2
Brazen Breakouts
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Jan 03, 2018
A man makes a daring escape from a 1970s Soviet prison camp; five Americans tunnel to freedom through concrete with just a butter knife and rocks.
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0x3
Drug Desperados
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Jan 10, 2018
Two bankrupt people agree to smuggle cocaine in South America - with dire consequences.
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Dying for the Mob
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Jan 17, 2018
Lured into smuggling, then betrayed, an Australian man faces a life sentence in Bangkok; an American must escape a Peruvian jail or die trying.
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Parents in Prison
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Jan 28, 2018
A struggling single mom discovers she is pregnant again, then gets arrested for drug smuggling; a street racer dad starts a scam that gets him busted.
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Partners in Crime
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Jan 31, 2018
A martial-arts expert relies on his training to survive prison and isolation from his wife. In Jamaica, a lesbian couple is jailed for smuggling pot.
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Prisoners of War
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Feb 07, 2018
Incredible stories of American heroes: Vietnam POWs Sen. John McCain and Ernest Brace and the "Argo" Americans' escape from Iran's hostage crisis.
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0x8
Love Is a Drug
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Feb 21, 2018
A husband is framed and jailed in Bali; a musician is caught smuggling cocaine in Caracas.
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0x9
Caught in the Crossfire
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Feb 28, 2018
A UN peacekeeper escapes war-torn Sierra Leone; two journalists are kidnapped in Somalia.
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Busted in Customs
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Feb 28, 2018
Enhanced airport security in Tokyo gets hash smuggler Mark Greening busted; Irish plumber Paul Keany gets caught smuggling cocaine in Caracas.
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