Bart Layton
Director
Banged Up Abroad (2007)
Season 9
Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.
Released March 31, 2007
Episode 44 min
14+
Genres: Crime, Documentary, Drama, Reality
Keywords: imdb.international-relations, imdb.smuggler, imdb.prison, imdb.drug, imdb.smuggling, imdb.border, imdb.interview + 7 more, imdb.customs, imdb.docudrama-drama, imdb.social-documentary, imdb.prisoner, imdb.foreigner, imdb.reenactment, tmdb.incarceration
Production Companies: RAW
Network: National Geographic Channel
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S9E1 - Vietnam POWs: McCain and Brace
As the longest POW in Vietnam, Ernie Brace likely endured more than any other POW during the war. After years in the jungle, he went to the infamous 'Hanoi Hilton' prison and heard an American voice: Lt. Cmdr. John McCain.
April 17, 2013, midnight
S9E2 - Raving Arizona
Shaun Attwood left England to be a stockbroker in America and finds himself dealing ecstasy.
April 24, 2013, midnight
S9E3 - Snakes on a Plane
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.
May 1, 2013, midnight
S9E4 - Buried Alive
For Roy Hallums, a routine trip to the office turned into the fight for his life. In 2004, the 20-year Navy veteran was working in Iraq when he was suddenly kidnapped.
May 8, 2013, midnight
S9E5 - Mexican Prison Escape
In the summer of 1972, five young Americans are caught trying to smuggle more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana out of Mexico and are locked up in one of the country's most violent prisons.
May 15, 2013, midnight
S9E6 - The Real Argo
Hear the real story behind the Academy Award-winning movie 'Argo' from those who inspired it. Locked Up Abroad sits down with Antonio Mendez, the CIA officer portrayed by Ben Affleck, along with former hostages.
May 15, 2013, midnight
S9E7 - Hippie Mafia
Eddie Padilla is living the 'high life' and drug smuggling to support his cocaine habit. But a run-in with the Peruvian police sends him to a prison called 'House of the Devil.' Eddie tells the story of his daring escape.
May 22, 2013, midnight
S9E8 - Vegas Mobster
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.
May 29, 2013, midnight
S9E9 - Fast, Furious and Busted
Locked Up Abroad comes home to the United States to visit 19-year-old street racer Rick Cedar in Spokane, Washington.
June 5, 2013, midnight
S9E10 - Hunting Mr. Nice
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.
June 12, 2013, midnight
Network: National Geographic Channel
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 5930 min.
Released: March 31, 2007
Last Air Date: Dec. 7, 2022, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14
Common sense age: 14+
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