About this season
Documentary series where viewers are taken inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.
Episodes (9)
1. Peru (Krista and Jennifer's Story/Peruvian Prison Nightmare)
Aired 24 June 2007 • 45 min
Krista Barnes and Jennifer Davis are two American women arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru.
2. Venezuela (James and Paul's Story)
Aired 22 August 2007 • 45 min
Jim Miles and Paul Loseby, two British teenagers, are arrested in Venezuela for trying to smuggle drugs.
3. Nepal (Piers' Story)
Aired 12 September 2007 • 45 min
Piers Hernu, a dual British-French traveller, is arrested trying to smuggle 28 kilos of gold bullion from Hong Kong to Nepal.
4. Colombia
Aired 25 September 2007 • 45 min
The Colombian National Liberation Army kidnaps American adventurer Glen Heggstad.
5. Uganda: Death in the Jungle
Aired 26 May 2008 • 45 min
Safari guide Mark Ross and his tour group are kidnapped by Hutu rebels in Uganda.
6. Nightmare in Chechnya
Aired 23 June 2008 • 45 min
Jon James and Camilla Carr move from England to contribute to a children's centre in war torn Chechnya... only to be kidnapped for ransom.
7. India: Hostage to Terror
Aired 9 June 2008 • 45 min
Rhys Partridge and Béla Nuss are kidnapped by British terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh while travelling in India.
8. Philippines: Fatal Mission
Aired 21 July 2008 • 45 min
Gracia and Martin Burnham, Christian missionaries in the Philippines, are kidnapped by members of Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim fundamentalist group.
9. Malaysia
Aired 6 October 2008 • 45 min
While vacationing in Malaysia, Monique and Callie Strydom are kidnapped by a Muslim militant group and held hostage for four months in the Philippines.