Locked Up Abroad
2007 · TV Series · TV-14 · 45 min · ★ 7.7
This documentary series follows real accounts of people facing capture, prison, and fear far from home. Through personal interviews and dramatic reenactments, it explores risky choices, survival, and the harsh realities of being trapped in unfamiliar places.
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Details
- Original title
- Banged Up Abroad
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-03-31
- Network
- 5, National Geographic
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 45 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (17 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy intense true-crime and survival stories like Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller; Not for you if prison ordeals or drug-smuggling accounts feel too grim.
Pros: gripping true stories; heartfelt interviews; varied survival accounts | Cons: repeated episode patterns; heavy subject matter; some skeptical details
Themes
- incarceration
Cast & crew
- AA
Alex Andreas
as Tony Galeota
- JT
James Tovell
as Major Phil Ashby
- JR
Jonah Russell
as Stephen Sutton
- RS
Ronan Summers
as Rhett
- JC
John Cummins
as Simon Burke
- DG
Dean Goldblum
as John Alite (Teenager)
- AB
Alice Bird
as Nicky
- MW
Max Wrottesley
as David Harte
Directed by James Tovell
Created by Bart Layton
Episodes15 seasons · 132 episodes
Season 14 episodes
- S1E1Costa Rica/Mexico (Scott and Lucy's Story)45m
- S1E2Australia (Mark's Story)45m
- S1E3Venezuela/Margarita Island (Denis and Donald's Story)45m
- S1E4Thailand (The Sandra Gregory Story)45m
Season 29 episodes
- S2E1Peru (Krista and Jennifer's Story/Peruvian Prison Nightmare)45m
- S2E2Venezuela (James and Paul's Story)45m
- S2E3Nepal (Piers' Story)45m
- S2E4Colombia45m
- S2E5Uganda: Death in the Jungle45m
- S2E6Nightmare in Chechnya45m
- S2E7India: Hostage to Terror45m
- S2E8Philippines: Fatal Mission45m
- S2E9Malaysia45m
Season 38 episodes
- S3E1Cuzco45m
- S3E2Bangladesh45m
- S3E3Kuwait45m
- S3E4Pakistan45m
- S3E5Lima45m
- S3E6Taiwan45m
- S3E7Ecuador45m
- S3E8South Korea45m
Season 413 episodes
- S4E1Caracas/Venezuela Blues45m
- S4E2Kidnapped in the Philippines45m
- S4E3Puerto Vallarta/Mexican Justice45m
- S4E4Brazil/Sao Paulo Death Trap45m
- S4E5Indonesia/Busted In Bali45m
- S4E6Mexico/Teen Smuggler45m
- S4E7Cuba/Hooked In Havana45m
- S4E8Iraq/Kidnapped In Iraq45m
- S4E9Barbados/Busted And Pregnant45m
- S4E10Betrayed In Ecuador45m
- S4E11Sierra Leone/Jungle Siege45m
- S4E12Jamaica/Jamaican Getaway45m
- S4E13India/Delhi/Party Girl45m
Season 56 episodes
- S5E1The Real Midnight Express45m
- S5E2Saddam's Iraq45m
- S5E3Tokyo Takedown45m
- S5E4Bangkok Underworld45m
- S5E5Spain / Smuggler Makeover45m
- S5E6Panama / Colombia Ambush45m
Season 610 episodes
- S6E1The Real Goodfella45m
- S6E2Saudi Bootlegger45m
- S6E3Forbidden Love45m
- S6E4Mexico Money Machine45m
- S6E5Heroin Sting45m
- S6E6Daredevil Drug Runner45m
- S6E7The Cocaine Trap45m
- S6E8Drug Dealer Revenge45m
- S6E9Teenage Drug Smuggler45m
- S6E10Backstabbed in Thailand45m
Season 710 episodes
- S7E1From Hollywood to Hell45m
- S7E2The Juggler Smuggler45m
- S7E3Escape from Argentina45m
- S7E4Highway to Hell45m
- S7E5Black Palace of Horrors45m
- S7E6Cocaine Mule Mom45m
- S7E7Dangerous Liaisons45m
- S7E8Colombian Kidnap45m
- S7E9Caribbean Nightmare45m
- S7E10Son of Saddam45m
Season 810 episodes
- S8E1My Dad the Smuggler45m
- S8E2I Am Not a Terrorist45m
- S8E3Hasidic King of Coke45m
- S8E4Not Without My Baby45m
- S8E5Chilean Prison Break45m
- S8E6The Orchid Hunters45m
- S8E7Venezuela Hustle45m
- S8E8Busted in Bangkok45m
- S8E9Nightmare in Somalia45m
- S8E10Escape From the Gulag45m
Season 910 episodes
- S9E1Vietnam POWs: McCain and Brace45m
- S9E2Raving Arizona45m
- S9E3Snakes on a Plane45m
- S9E4Buried Alive45m
- S9E5Mexican Prison Escape45m
- S9E6The Real Argo45m
- S9E7Hippie Mafia45m
- S9E8Vegas Mobster45m
- S9E9Fast, Furious and Busted45m
- S9E10Hunting Mr. Nice45m
Season 106 episodes
- S10E1Plane Crash Marijuana45m
- S10E2Thai Prison Hell45m
- S10E3Bogota Belly Bust45m
- S10E4Somali Pirate Hostage Hell45m
- S10E5Gadaffi's American Prisoner45m
- S10E6Jungle Terror45m
Season 116 episodes
- S11E1Breaking Bad in Britain45m
- S11E2Narco at Nineteen45m
- S11E3Double Crossed in the Desert45m
- S11E4Mexican Border Bust45m
- S11E5Escape From Al Qaeda45m
- S11E6Bad Bromance45m
Season 1210 episodes
- S12E1Thailand/Thai Meth Bust45m
- S12E2Greece/Greek Border Bust45m
- S12E3Dominican Republic/Caribbean Coke King45m
- S12E4Mexico/Mexican Cartel Hell45m
- S12E5Argentina/Narco Wine Bust45m
- S12E6Thailand/Bangkok Betrayal45m
- S12E7Colombia/Jungle Crash45m
- S12E8Panamania45m
- S12E9Indian Hash Bust45m
- S12E10Peruvian Parent Trap45m
Season 1310 episodes
- S13E1Undercover Biker45m
- S13E2Korean Ecstasy King45m
- S13E3Pop Star Smuggler45m
- S13E4Undercover Arms Dealer45m
- S13E5Model Drug Runner45m
- S13E6Drug Runner Mom45m
- S13E7King of Weed45m
- S13E8Colombian Double Cross45m
- S13E9Peruvian Prison Break45m
- S13E10Miami Mobster Take Down45m
Season 1410 episodes
- S14E1Declassified Mexican Cartel Takedown45m
- S14E2Meth's Top Model45m
- S14E3Mafia Terminator45m
- S14E4Declassified Undercover Crack Dealer45m
- S14E5Thai Ice Storm45m
- S14E6The Mother's Load45m
- S14E7Declassified: A Rat’s Tale45m
- S14E8Declassified Mole In The Mob45m
- S14E950 Ton Pot Run45m
- S14E10A Belly Full Of Coke45m
Season 1510 episodes
- S15E1Narco Neverland44m
- S15E2Declassified: Double Cross Dope Deal44m
- S15E3Trauma Express44m
- S15E4Love Behind Bars44m
- S15E5Big Trouble in Tokyo44m
- S15E6Declassified: A King's Ransom44m
- S15E7Sole Smuggler44m
- S15E8Fighting Yaba44m
- S15E9Casualty of War44m
- S15E10Dame of Cocaine44m