Locked Up Abroad

- Season 7

(2012)

An American football star turned stuntman was arrested in Pakistan for unknowingly smuggling Opium for a friend. He would survive 3 years in hellish conditions before earning his fellow prisoners respect and his so long waited freedom.

Mark Greening has the easy life as a magician in Bali ... until he finds out he's going to be a dad.

Lucy Wright is a nursing student when her life goes from bad to worse to hell. Her boyfriend leaves, she becomes addicted to crack, and the bills keep piling up.

Thomas Hamill takes a job as a civilian truck driver for the U.S. military in war-torn Iraq. When his convoy is attacked and he is taken hostage by insurgents, Thomas knows he could be killed at any moment.

Dwight Worker is busted in Mexico for smuggling coke and attempts a daring escape from one of the country's most notorious prison

A middle aged mother of three decides to smuggle drugs to survive.

The story of a British male nurse who was arrested for being gay in Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is considered a capital offense.

Erez Eltawil and Reini Weigel are among eight backpackers who are snatched by guerrillas during a trek in remote northern Colombia.

Jayne Blaydon thought she had landed a dream job when she accepted an offer to teach lap dancing in a Caribbean nightclub.

Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia is fighting in the Iran-Iraq War when he is summoned to the Palace. Here, Latif claims Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday demanded Latif become his body double.