Banged Up Abroad

BANGED UP ABROAD
Friday 1 June at 9:00PM
National Geographic Channel

DESCRIPTION

Sun, sea, sand and a soul-destroying stretch in the slammer: Banged Up Abroad reveals how dream trips abroad can quickly become life-threatening nightmares.

From an original "goodfella" to a Scottish bootlegger in Saudi Arabia and a couple whose whirlwind romance gets them locked in prison in the Philippines - Banged Up Abroad reveals what can go wrong, horribly wrong, while traveling outside familiar borders.

Banged Up Abroad takes you inside first-hand accounts of capture, imprisonment and pure terror far from home and starts with the true story of Goodfella Henry Hill, incarcerated in his own country, but within reach of furious mobsters.

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EPISODE GUIDE

Banged Up Abroad: The Real Goodfella

Henry Hill, the inspiration behind Martin Scorsese’s movie, relives his descent from Mafia wise guy to a spell in Terminal Island Penitentiary.
Banged Up Abroad: Saudi Bootlegger

Gordon Malloch's bootleg booze racket fuelled a party lifestlye in Saudi Arabia, until he got caught and found himself facing four years in jail.
Banged Up Abroad: Prisoner Of Love

Briton David Scott tells the story of finding his soulmate in the Philippines – and risking a 14-year prison sentence for adultery.

Banged Up Abroad: Funny Money

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

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Monday 4 June at 1:00AM - National Geographic Channel

Banged Up Abroad: Heroin Sting

After being caught with a kilo of heroin in Mauritius, Brigene Young faced 45 years in jail – unless she could help catch the drug traffickers.
Banged Up Abroad: Daredevil Drug Runner

The tale of Chris Chance, whose daredevil life smuggling cannabis into the UK concealed in a rubber body suit led to a nasty prison sentence.
Banged Up Abroad: The Cocaine Trap

Stephen Sutton got caught up when he was offered $15,000 to transport cocaine disguised as gold – leading to an 11-year jail sentence.
Banged Up Abroad: Drug Dealer Revenge

Company director Robert Pringle got seven years in a violent South American lock-up after being pressured into drug smuggling by his dealer.
Banged Up Abroad: Teenage Drug Smuggler

Vivian Carrasquillo faced a crash diet in jail after an attempt to raise funds for gastric bypass surgery by becoming a drug mule backfired.
Banged Up Abroad: Backstabbed In Thailand

Military veteran Kim Hood faced a life behind bars in a squalid Thai prison after being caught smuggling 14 kilos of heroin with a friend.