Locked Up Abroad
Locked Up Abroad is a TV show on 7mate. Tells the harrowing stories of people who end up in situations beyond their worst nightmares. Some have been caught smuggling drugs or another illegal item through customs. Other adventurers have strayed too far off the beaten track and found themselves hostage to guerrilla forces. The long-running program has been available since 2015. A total of 28 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2020.
Last broadcast:28/03/2020 at 17:30
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When 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. Attracted by the easy money and the thrill of being a smuggler, he is soon running a huge transatlantic operation and believes he is unstoppable. But when one of his loads is busted... 45:00
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In 1972, surfers Mike Cooke, Mace Stanley, and their high school buddy are sailing down the west coast of Mexico looking for adventure. Seduced by an offer of $10,000 each, they get involved in a doomed venture to transport more than a ton of weed back to the states by yacht with two smugglers. After a shipwreck leaves the... 45:00
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When Eddie Padilla takes LSD for the first time, his life suddenly changes. Before long, he has helped form a movement called the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, dedicated to taking acid and smuggling dope across the border from Mexico to make money. But his hippie dream crumbles when Eddie falls in love with a beautiful coke... 45:00
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In Las Vegas, mafia associate Frank Cullotta works for the notorious mob boss Tony Spilotro. For years Cullotta's burglary crew, the ‘Hole in the Wall Gang’, run riot on the streets of Las Vegas, committing robberies and burglaries worth around $1.5 million dollars. But the FBI develops an informant on the inside of the ga... 44:59
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When hotshot street racer Rick learns that his girlfriend is pregnant, he worries that he doesn’t earn enough money to support a family. When his friend Jimmy offers him the chance to earn some cash stealing radios from cars, Rick is nervous, but tempted. He goes along with Jimmy as a lookout, but soon he is breaking into ... 45:00
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This episode tells the story of two pilots imprisoned during the Vietnam War, who ended up depending on each other for survival but never met face-to-face during the war. One of them, Senator John McCain, was a U.S. Navy pilot who was forced to eject during a strike over Hanoi only to be caught after landing in a lake. The... 45:00
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Carpet salesman, Tom Crutchfield, fulfills a dream for adventure, world travel and reptiles by becoming one of America's biggest reptile smugglers with a worldwide operation. As undercover agents prepare to arrest him for illegally trading the world’s rarest and most endangered species he flees to Belize to avoid prosecuti... 45:00
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When Englishman Shaun turns to Ecstasy as a relief from the stresses of his new life as a stockbroker in Phoenix, Arizona, he soon finds himself seduced by the money and glamour of dealing the drug on an industrial scale. As the cash rolls in, Shaun lives the high life of parties, girls and fast cars. But when a local mafi... 45:00
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When contractor Roy Hallums is kidnapped in Iraq, his mind quickly turns to his family. They have no idea he's there. Having taken a job providing support to the U.S. military, he's only too aware of the dangers and doesn't want them to worry. So when a masked gang storms his office, he knows his loved ones are about to di... 45:00
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Retired CIA officer and master of disguise Antonio Mendez tells the story of how, at the height of the Iranian hostage crisis he came up with an audacious plan to rescue six diplomats who had escaped the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Desperate for a cover story that would allow him to swoop into Iran and smuggle the diplomats ou...September 2016
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