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Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Banged Up Abroad Season 14 Episode 2 - Meth's Top Model
    9.5/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Meth's Top Model

    S14:E2

    When a famous swimwear model builds a beauty brand, it becomes the perfect ruse to smuggle drugs around the world, until her double life implodes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Banged Up Abroad Season 1 Episode 1 - Costa Rica/Mexico (Scott and Lucy's Story)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Costa Rica/Mexico (Scott and Lucy's Story)

    S1:E1

    Scott Campbell and Lucy Baker are British travellers arrested in Mexico.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Banged Up Abroad Season 1 Episode 2 - Australia (Mark's Story)
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    #3 - Australia (Mark's Story)

    S1:E2

    Mark Knowles is arrested in Sydney after attempting to smuggle cocaine from the U.S. to Australia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Banged Up Abroad Season 1 Episode 3 - Venezuela/Margarita Island (Denis and Donald's Story)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Venezuela/Margarita Island (Denis and Donald's Story)

    S1:E3

    Donald McNeil, a yachtsman, is arrested after being pressured to collect an enormous shipment of cocaine worth 30 million pounds (more than $43.2 million in U.S. dollars).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Banged Up Abroad Season 1 Episode 4 - Thailand (The Sandra Gregory Story)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Thailand (The Sandra Gregory Story)

    S1:E4

    Sandra Gregory is arrested in Thailand trying to smuggle heroin into Japan.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 1 - Peru (Krista and Jennifer's Story/Peruvian Prison Nightmare)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Peru (Krista and Jennifer's Story/Peruvian Prison Nightmare)

    S2:E1

    Krista Barnes and Jennifer Davis are two American women arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 2 - Venezuela (James and Paul's Story)
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    #7 - Venezuela (James and Paul's Story)

    S2:E2

    Jim Miles and Paul Loseby, two British teenagers, are arrested in Venezuela for trying to smuggle drugs.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 3 - Nepal (Piers' Story)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Nepal (Piers' Story)

    S2:E3

    Piers Hernu, a dual British-French traveller, is arrested trying to smuggle 28 kilos of gold bullion from Hong Kong to Nepal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 4 - Colombia
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Colombia

    S2:E4

    The Colombian National Liberation Army kidnaps American adventurer Glen Heggstad.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 5 - Uganda: Death in the Jungle
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Uganda: Death in the Jungle

    S2:E5

    Safari guide Mark Ross and his tour group are kidnapped by Hutu rebels in Uganda.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 6 - Nightmare in Chechnya
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Nightmare in Chechnya

    S2:E6

    Jon James and Camilla Carr move from England to contribute to a children's centre in war torn Chechnya... only to be kidnapped for ransom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 7 - India: Hostage to Terror
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - India: Hostage to Terror

    S2:E7

    Rhys Partridge and Béla Nuss are kidnapped by British terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh while travelling in India.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 8 - Philippines: Fatal Mission
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Philippines: Fatal Mission

    S2:E8

    Gracia and Martin Burnham, Christian missionaries in the Philippines, are kidnapped by members of Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim fundamentalist group.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 9 - Malaysia
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Malaysia

    S2:E9

    While vacationing in Malaysia, Monique and Callie Strydom are kidnapped by a Muslim militant group and held hostage for four months in the Philippines.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Banged Up Abroad Season 3 Episode 1 - Cuzco
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Cuzco

    S3:E1

    Simon's trip to Peru is initiated by his friend Sarah Jackson who convinces him to smuggle drugs. Things turn bad for Simon when he is handed a lengthy prison sentence.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Banged Up Abroad Season 3 Episode 2 - Bangladesh
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Bangladesh

    S3:E2

    Lia McCord, an American teenager, is arrested in Bangladesh for trying to smuggle heroin.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Banged Up Abroad Season 3 Episode 3 - Kuwait
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Kuwait

    S3:E3

    Scott White is arrested in Kuwait for selling hashish, then escapes from jail during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Banged Up Abroad Season 3 Episode 4 - Pakistan
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Pakistan

    S3:E4

    Amardeep Bassey, a British journalist on the way to Afghanistan for an assignment, is accused of being a spy and arrested in Pakistan.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Banged Up Abroad Season 3 Episode 5 - Lima
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Lima

    S3:E5

    Russell Thoresen, an American traveller, is arrested in Peru for trying to smuggle cocaine.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Banged Up Abroad Season 3 Episode 6 - Taiwan
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Taiwan

    S3:E6

    Taiwan's most-wanted criminal breaks into the house of McGill Alexander, a South African army colonel, and takes Alexander and his family hostage.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Banged Up Abroad Season 3 Episode 7 - Ecuador
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Ecuador

    S3:E7

    An American, Daniel Van De Zande is arrested trying to smuggle cocaine from Ecuador to Europe.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Banged Up Abroad Season 3 Episode 8 - South Korea
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - South Korea

    S3:E8

    Cullen Thomas, working with his girlfriend "Rocket," is arrested trying to smuggle hashish from the Philippines to South Korea.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Banged Up Abroad Season 4 Episode 1 - Caracas/Venezuela Blues
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Caracas/Venezuela Blues

    S4:E1

    David Evans is arrested trying to smuggle drugs from Venezuela to Amsterdam.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Banged Up Abroad Season 4 Episode 2 - Kidnapped in the Philippines
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    #24 - Kidnapped in the Philippines

    S4:E2

    Church volunteer Greg Williams is kidnapped and tortured by members of Abu Sayyaf.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Banged Up Abroad Season 4 Episode 3 - Puerto Vallarta/Mexican Justice
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Puerto Vallarta/Mexican Justice

    S4:E3

    Jake Libbon gets arrested in Mexico for selling marijuana, then is falsely accused of shooting two police officers.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Meth's Top Model" is the best rated episode of "Banged Up Abroad". It scored 9.5/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/9/2021. This episode scored 9.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Costa Rica/Mexico (Scott and Lucy's Story)".