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  • BANGED UP ABROAD

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From kidnapping to drug smuggling, this series tells stories of people who have been locked up abroad.

From kidnap and torture to foolish plans to smuggle drugs, this nail-biting series tells the harrowing stories of people who set out hoping for adventure or easy money, only to end up in situations beyond their worst nightmares. In these brand new episodes, follow the stories of more people who have found themselves in situations beyond their most terrible fears. From a run-down South London estate to a Barbados prison, Busted and Pregnant is Zara Whittaker’s tale about poverty, heartbreak, and international drug smuggling. Zara knew exactly what she was doing when she agreed to smuggle cocaine into Britain. But at that stage she didn’t know she was pregnant, would get caught, give birth behind bars and have to give her baby up. This is her story. As US forces attacked insurgents in the Iraqi town of Tall 'Afar in 2004, journalists Scott Taylor and Zeynep Tugrul were there to report from the front line. However, they soon became the story themselves, as they were kidnapped by insurgents and accused of spying for America. Descending into a hellish world of torture and threats of execution, could the pair survive being Kidnapped in Iraq? When Zoe McGarry met a man on holiday in Nigeria, she thought she had made a new friend. However, when he called her a few months later begging her to come to Ecuador to help him, he proved to be anything but trustworthy. In Master of Deception police find Zoe’s rucksack packed with cocaine from her friend. She ends up with an eight year sentence for drug smuggling, while the man simply disappeared. Missed an episode or want to know when the next one is showing? Click here to access the episode guide for this series.

EPISODE GUIDE

  • Banged Up Abroad: Not Without My Baby
    When Susan Haglof forged a birth certificate after a shady adoption in Egypt, she faced the possibility of being imprisoned and losing her baby.
  • Banged Up Abroad: My Dad The Smuggler
    Scott Campbell can't wait to take a trip to China with his estranged father. Little does he know that his father has something else planned...
  • Banged Up Abroad: I Am Not A Terrorist
    Duane Wollum was about to make some easy money smuggling cocaine – until an airport security check revealed that he was concealing a package.
  • Banged Up Abroad: Hasidic King Of Coke
    Orthodox Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreamt of making millions as a drug kingpin in Brazil, leading to a terrifying spell in the deadly Carandiru jail.
  • Banged Up Abroad: Chilean Prison Break
    Californian Tom Hanway's venture to South America to trade LSD for cocaine goes awry, forcing him to flee Chile as a fugitive.
  • Banged Up Abroad: The Orchid Hunters
    Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Winder travel to Central America in search of wild orchids, but they are kidnapped and end up fighting for their lives.
  • Banged Up Abroad: Venezuela Hustle
    In a desperate attempt to keep his life and family afloat, Paul Keany's agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine from Venezuela.
  • Banged Up Abroad: Nightmare In Somalia
    Some went in search of adventure; others, a new life or the holiday of a lifetime. All ended up in a place beyond their worst nightmares: prison.
  • Banged Up Abroad: Busted In Bangkok
    Sentenced to life in a Bangkok prison, fate handed drug smuggler Angela Carnegie the chance to face the future and win back the love of her life.
  • Banged Up Abroad: Escape From The Gulag
    After four years in a Russian labour camp, life looked bleak for heroin-smuggler Jerry Amster. But then events took an unbelievable turn...
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