Season 8

Banged Up AbroadSeason 8

2012
10 Episodes

Episodes

My Dad the Smuggler
S08E01

My Dad the Smuggler

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.

02 Jul 201245m
I Am Not a Terrorist
S08E02

I Am Not a Terrorist

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

09 Jul 201245m
Hasidic King of Coke
S08E03

Hasidic King of Coke

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

16 Jul 201245m
Not Without My Baby
S08E04

Not Without My Baby

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

23 Jul 201245m
Chilean Prison Break
S08E05

Chilean Prison Break

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.

30 Jul 201245m
The Orchid Hunters
S08E06

The Orchid Hunters

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.

06 Aug 201245m
Venezuela Hustle
S08E07

Venezuela Hustle

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.

13 Aug 201245m
Busted in Bangkok
S08E08

Busted in Bangkok

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.

27 Aug 201245m
Nightmare in Somalia
S08E09

Nightmare in Somalia

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

28 Nov 201245m
Escape From the Gulag
S08E10

Escape From the Gulag

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.

12 Dec 201245m