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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 Worst Episode
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    Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 6 - Nightmare in Chechnya
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 7 - India: Hostage to Terror
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    #2 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #3 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #4 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Banged Up Abroad Season 14 Episode 4 - Declassified Undercover Crack Dealer
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    #5 - Declassified Undercover Crack Dealer

    S14:E4

    In this real-life version of Baltimore drama The Wire, local drug dealer Davon Mayer has a knack for making money. But when he gets arrested by two cops, to his surprise, they don’t want him in jail, they want him to sell drugs for their profit.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Banged Up Abroad Season 14 Episode 6 - The Mother's Load
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    #6 - The Mother's Load

    S14:E6

    In this series we meet American, David, who was on a drug smuggling road trip from Afghanistan to Germany with his friend, Tom, when they were caught on the Turkish/Greek border and imprisoned in Greece.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Banged Up Abroad Season 14 Episode 9 - 50 Ton Pot Run
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    #7 - 50 Ton Pot Run

    S14:E9

    A 70s hippie and his naive pal are small time dealers selling hash to Boston college kids, until they get approached by a Colombian cartel keen to use their skills. Seduced by the danger and the dollars, they soon become multimillionaire importers, shipping tens of tons of marijuana on freighters up the West Coast, until one of the biggest busts in US history forces them on the run to Bolivia.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Banged Up Abroad Season 14 Episode 10 - A Belly Full Of Coke
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    #8 - A Belly Full Of Coke

    S14:E10

    A troubled young father goes on the run to Spain to avoid a small prison sentence. He starts working for a crime gang in the Costa Del Sol and is enamored by the gangster lifestyle. He feels untouchable and agrees to smuggle and swallow a kilo of cocaine back from Peru, only to face the biggest adrenalin kick of his life and seal his fate forever.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Banged Up Abroad Season 15 Episode 3 - Trauma Express
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Trauma Express

    S15:E3

    Travel-loving Bronwyn Atherton finds herself on the road to destruction when she is lured into the shady world of international drug smuggling.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Banged Up Abroad Season 15 Episode 6 - Declassified: A King's Ransom
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Declassified: A King's Ransom

    S15:E6

    Rafael Arguelles is a gangster by the age of 17 but faces life-threatening consequences after going undercover for the FBI against his former friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 9 - Fast, Furious and Busted
    3.5/10(48 votes)

    #11 - Fast, Furious and Busted

    S9:E9

    Locked Up Abroad comes home to the United States to visit 19-year-old street racer Rick Cedar in Spokane, Washington.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Banged Up Abroad Season 12 Episode 2 - Greece/Greek Border Bust
    4.6/10(46 votes)

    #12 - Greece/Greek Border Bust

    S12:E2

    David embarks on an epic road trip, where he attempts to smuggle hash from Afghanistan to Germany. He is caught in Greece and imprisoned on an island.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Banged Up Abroad Season 15 Episode 1 - Narco Neverland
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Narco Neverland

    S15:E1

    To escape a life of poverty, a young Chicago gangster is drawn into smuggling drugs for a dangerous Mexican cartel, until the day it all goes wrong.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Banged Up Abroad Season 4 Episode 7 - Cuba/Hooked In Havana
    6.4/10(36 votes)

    #14 - Cuba/Hooked In Havana

    S4:E7

    When Kahlilah met big-shot music producer Roy, she didn't expect that her life would change forever. Just months into their relationship, Roy forced her to smuggle 18 pounds of cocaine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Banged Up Abroad Season 6 Episode 4 - Mexico Money Machine
    6.4/10(38 votes)

    #15 - Mexico Money Machine

    S6:E4

    After heading to Mexico with a suitcase of fake money to buy drugs, California bodybuilder Jeremy Khinoo finds himself behind bars and in big trouble.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Banged Up Abroad Season 5 Episode 5 - Spain / Smuggler Makeover
    6.5/10(26 votes)

    #16 - Spain / Smuggler Makeover

    S5:E5

    With his girlfriend pregnant, American musician Michael Morey needs money and agrees to smuggle cocaine from Quito to Spain. He barely makes it through Ecuadorian customs, but when he lands and goes through Spanish customs, he's not so lucky.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 4 - Not Without My Baby
    6.5/10(34 votes)

    #17 - Not Without My Baby

    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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  18. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 5 - Uganda: Death in the Jungle
    6.6/10(19 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Banged Up Abroad Season 6 Episode 7 - The Cocaine Trap
    6.6/10(28 votes)

    #19 - The Cocaine Trap

    S6:E7

    Stephen Sutton gets caught up when he is offered $15,000 to transport cocaine disguised as gold, leading to an 11-year prison sentence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Banged Up Abroad Season 7 Episode 1 - From Hollywood to Hell
    6.6/10(74 votes)

    #20 - From Hollywood to Hell

    S7:E1

    When young actor Erik Audé discovers that he was tricked into smuggling opium out of Pakistan, he must fight to stay alive and clear his name.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 10 - Hunting Mr. Nice
    6.6/10(38 votes)

    #21 - Hunting Mr. Nice

    S9:E10

    When British schoolteacher Howard Marks agrees to help an old friend finish off a drug deal, he has no idea that it will be the start of a new career.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Banged Up Abroad Season 5 Episode 3 - Tokyo Takedown
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #22 - Tokyo Takedown

    S5:E3

    After accepting an offer to work as a hostess in Japan, Jackie Nichols meets a charming Israeli drug smuggler and agrees to smuggle hashish with him. She gets away with it four times, but the fifth time, she's not so lucky.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 3 - Snakes on a Plane
    6.9/10(33 votes)

    #23 - Snakes on a Plane

    S9:E3

    Tom Crutchfield smuggled snakes, tarantulas and king cobras around the world. But when the U.S. builds a case against him, Tom escapes to Belize. There, authorities imprison him without electricity or plumbing.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 8 - Vegas Mobster
    6.9/10(31 votes)

    #24 - Vegas Mobster

    S9:E8

    Vegas, 1979, and Frank Cullotta's 'Hole in the Wall' gang is becoming notorious. The FBI catches up to him and while not exactly 'locked up abroad,' he enters witness protection. Now Frank shares his mob secrets.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Banged Up Abroad Season 4 Episode 12 - Jamaica/Jamaican Getaway
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #25 - Jamaica/Jamaican Getaway

    S4:E12

    T.K. White and her girlfriend are sent to Kingston's notorious central prison after attempting to smuggle marijuana.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Nightmare in Chechnya" is the worst rated episode of "Banged Up Abroad". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/23/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "India: Hostage to Terror".