Banged Up Abroad: Season 8

Breaking Bad in Britain

45min - When British Police raid his cocaine lab, drug dealer Pieter Tritton is forced to go on the run; but he can't resist collecting one final shipment from Ecuador. Unaware that British Police have tipped off Ecuador's Narcotics Agents, a local SWAT team catch Pieter red handed with two kilograms of pure cocaine. Sentenced to 12 years, Pieter must find out fast if he's got what it takes to survive in one of the worlds' most violent and corrupt penal systems.

Escape From Al Qaeda

45min - After days embedded with rebels from the Free Syrian Army, rookie photographer Matthew Schrier decides he's ridden his luck long enough. But on his way out of Aleppo he's kidnapped by Al Nusra Front, the Syrian Al Qaeda. Matthew is beaten and tortured, but when the opportunity to escape arises he is forced to face his toughest test yet, save himself or stay with his fellow American prisoner.

Narco at Nineteen

45min - In 2012 Simone Blignaut has a lucrative job working for one of Johannesburg's biggest drug dealers, but when her boss entrusts her to fly to Bolivia and secure a major cocaine deal, the 19 year old Simone is in over her head. When she realises she's been double crossed into trafficking liquid cocaine, she must evade capture by the Bolivian Police, if she is to avoid the same fate as her mother.

Double Crossed in the Desert

46min - Journalist Phil Cox returns to Sudan to investigate allegations of illegally deployed chemical weapons; but when he learns that there's a 'kill or capture' bounty on his head his plan starts to unravel. Ambushed by government backed militias, Phil knows it's only a matter of time before he's tortured and possibly killed. With all his communication devices destroyed he must get word to his producer and wife back home, but will she be able to save him?

Mexican Border Bust

47min - In 1974 Steve Peterson had fully embraced the laid back counter culture of Southern California, and when the opportunity to smuggle one hundred and twenty kilos of marijuana from Mexico into the US presented itself, he jumped at it. But when the plan was interrupted by Tijuana cops, Steve faced years behind bars in the infamous and deadly La Mesa penitentiary unless he can find a way to escape.

Bad Bromance

47min - When US Naval Officer Lemar Burton's wife and son leave him, he turns to partying all night with his best friend Dom. When the Navy demotes him, Lemar's debts start to rack up until Dom offers him the opportunity to make some easy money smuggling cocaine from Colombia. Arrested at Bogota airport carrying five kilos hidden in a rucksack, Lemar must now survive one of Colombia's most brutal prisons, until salvation comes from the most unexpected quarter.

Gaddafi's American Prisoner

45min - In February 2011, Matthew VanDyke is at home in Baltimore watching news coverage of the Libyan Arab Spring. Libya is a country he knows well, he has friends there and the footage disturbs him. So on the spur of the moment he decides to return and help the rebels fight against Qaddafi and his forces.

Episode 8

Episode 9

I Am Not a Terrorist

45min - A jobless man smuggles cocaine.

My Dad the Smuggler

44min - Scott Campbell risks all for his father.

Saddams son

Chilean Prison Break

45min - Tom Hanway fled a Chilean jail.

The Orchid Hunters

45min - British backpackers were held hostage.

Venezuela Hustle

45min - Paul tries to smuggle cocaine to Dublin.

Nightmare in Somalia

45min - Reporters spend a year in captivity.

Busted in Bangkok

45min - A Chicago woman plans to smuggle heroin.

Escape from the Gulag

45min - An man lands in a soviet prison camp.