7.3/1026 votes#1 - My Dad the Smuggler
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 7/2/2012
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: N/A
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7.9/1030 votes#2 - I Am Not a Terrorist
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2012
Duane Wollum is about to make some easy money smuggling cocaine, until an airport security check reveals that he is concealing a package.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1028 votes#3 - Hasidic King of Coke
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 7/16/2012
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: N/A
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6.2/1031 votes#4 - Not Without My Baby
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 7/23/2012
When Susan's Haglof's adoption goes wrong, she ends up in an Egyptian jail, facing a charge of human trafficking.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1033 votes#5 - Chilean Prison Break
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 7/30/2012
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1026 votes#6 - The Orchid Hunters
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 8/6/2012
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1025 votes#7 - Venezuela Hustle
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 8/13/2012
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1027 votes#8 - Busted in Bangkok
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2012
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1027 votes#9 - Nightmare in Somalia
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2012
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1040 votes#10 - Escape From the Gulag
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2012
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: N/A
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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!
Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.
Genres:DocumentaryCrimeReality
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"My Dad the Smuggler" is the best rated episode of "Banged Up Abroad" season 8. It scored 7.3/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/2/2012. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "I Am Not a Terrorist".