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The Best Episodes of Banged Up Abroad Season 8

Every episode of Banged Up Abroad Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Banged Up Abroad Season 8!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 10 - Escape From the Gulag
    8.1/10(46 votes)

    S8:E10

    It's 1976 in Cold War Moscow, and American Jerry Amster finds himself in the worst situation possible: busted for smuggling drugs from Kuala Lumpur to Russia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 2 - I Am Not a Terrorist
    8.0/10(33 votes)

    S8:E2

    Duane Wollum is about to make some easy money smuggling cocaine, until an airport security check reveals that he is concealing a package.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 3 - Hasidic King of Coke
    7.9/10(33 votes)

    S8:E3

    Orthodox Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreams of making millions as a drug kingpin in Brazil, leading to a terrifying term in the deadly Carandiru Penitentiary.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 9 - Nightmare in Somalia
    7.9/10(33 votes)

    S8:E9

    The terrifying story of photojournalist Nigel Brennan and reporter Amanda Lindhout, who are held hostage for 15 months by a criminal gang in Somalia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 5 - Chilean Prison Break
    7.8/10(37 votes)

    S8:E5

    The gripping story of Tom Hanway, who flees a Chilean prison with a fellow prisoner, taking a dangerous and fatal escape route across the desert.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 8 - Busted in Bangkok
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    S8:E8

    Thrown into a notorious Bangkok prison for attempting to smuggle heroin, Angela Carnegie has an epiphany while nursing a fellow inmate with a drug addiction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 6 - The Orchid Hunters
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    S8:E6

    The shocking story of Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Winder, two British backpackers who are ambushed and held for ransom by a guerilla group while crossing the notoriously dangerous Darien Gap.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 7 - Venezuela Hustle
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    S8:E7

    Desperate to keep his family afloat, Paul Keany agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine from Venezuela back to Dublin, but it turns out to be the worst decision of his life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 1 - My Dad the Smuggler
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    S8:E1

    Scott Campbell goes travelling in China with his estranged father, only to find out that his dad is a professional smuggler carrying 20 kilos of cannabis.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 4 - Not Without My Baby
    6.5/10(35 votes)

    S8:E4

    When Susan's Haglof's adoption goes wrong, she ends up in an Egyptian jail, facing a charge of human trafficking.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Escape From the Gulag" is the best rated episode of Banged Up Abroad season 8. It scored 8.1/10 from 46 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on December 12, 2012. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "I Am Not a Terrorist".