Banged Up Abroad (2007)

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

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Season 5
5x1
The Real Midnight Express
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 30, 2010
In intimate detail, Locked Up Abroad reveals Billy Hayes' real-life experience behind the Oscar-winning 1978 film, "Midnight Express."
5x2
Saddam's Iraq
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 07, 2010
When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, Tom Lynch and his fellow contractor John White decided to get out of Iraq while they still could, but were captured by Iraqi soldiers and .. show full overview
5x3
Tokyo Takedown
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 14, 2010
After accepting an offer to work as a hostess in Japan, Jackie Nichols meets a charming Israeli drug smuggler and agrees to smuggle hashish with him. She gets away with it four times, but the fifth time, she's not so lucky.
5x4
Bangkok Underworld
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 21, 2010
A 28-year-old English teacher named Tim Schrader agrees to smuggle eight kilos of heroin into the U.S. to solve his financial problems. Although he knows he could receive the death penalty, the money is too tempting to resist.
5x5
Spain / Smuggler Makeover
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 28, 2010
With his girlfriend pregnant, American musician Michael Morey needs money and agrees to smuggle cocaine from Quito to Spain. He barely makes it through Ecuadorian customs, but when he lands and goes through Spanish customs, he's not so lucky.
5x6
Panama / Colombia Ambush
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 04, 2010
A jungle adventure turns sour when American backpacker Mark Wedeven and his travel companions are taken hostage by armed guerilla soldiers in Panama.

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