Banged Up Abroad

Synopsis

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

First Air Date: 2007-03-31

Last Air Date: 2022-12-07

Number of Seasons: 15

Number of Episodes: 132

Created By: Bart Layton

Networks: National Geographic Channel, 5

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Top Cast

Leigh Jones as Gary Kelly
Max Wrottesley as Gordon Malloch
Alex Andreas as Tony Galeota
James Tovell as Major Phil Ashby
Jonah Russell as Stephen Sutton
Ronan Summers as Rhett
John Cummins as Simon Burke
Dean Goldblum as John Alite (Teenager)
Alice Bird as Nicky
Fumilayo Brown-Olateju as Latasha Madson

Seasons

Season 1 (2007) - (4 Episodes)

Season 2 (2007) - (9 Episodes)

Season 3 (2008) - (8 Episodes)

Season 4 (2009) - (13 Episodes)

Season 5 (2010) - (6 Episodes)

Season 6 (2011) - (10 Episodes)

Season 7 (2012) - (10 Episodes)

Season 8 (2012) - (10 Episodes)

Season 9 (2013) - (10 Episodes)

Season 10 (2016) - (6 Episodes)

Season 11 (2018) - (6 Episodes)

Season 12 (2019) - (10 Episodes)

Season 13 (2020) - (10 Episodes)

Season 14 (2021) - (10 Episodes)

Season 15 (2022) - (10 Episodes)

Season 1 (2007)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Costa Rica/Mexico (Scott and Lucy's Story) (2007-03-31)

Scott Campbell and Lucy Baker are British travellers arrested in Mexico.
Ep. 2: Australia (Mark's Story) (2007-04-07)

Mark Knowles is arrested in Sydney after attempting to smuggle cocaine from the U.S. to Australia.
Ep. 3: Venezuela/Margarita Island (Denis and Donald's Story) (2007-04-14)

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).
Ep. 4: Thailand (The Sandra Gregory Story) (2007-04-21)

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