Banged Up Abroad: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Banged Up Abroad Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Peru (Krista and Jennifer's Story/Peruvian Prison Nightmare)
Jun 24, 2007 · 45 min
Krista Barnes and Jennifer Davis are two American women arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru.
Venezuela (James and Paul's Story)
Aug 22, 2007 · 45 min
Jim Miles and Paul Loseby, two British teenagers, are arrested in Venezuela for trying to smuggle drugs.
Nepal (Piers' Story)
Sep 12, 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.
Colombia
Sep 25, 2007 · 45 min
The Colombian National Liberation Army kidnaps American adventurer Glen Heggstad.
Uganda: Death in the Jungle
May 26, 2008 · 45 min
Safari guide Mark Ross and his tour group are kidnapped by Hutu rebels in Uganda.
Nightmare in Chechnya
Jun 23, 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.
India: Hostage to Terror
Jun 9, 2008 · 45 min
Rhys Partridge and Béla Nuss are kidnapped by British terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh while travelling in India.
Philippines: Fatal Mission
Jul 21, 2008 · 45 min
Gracia and Martin Burnham, Christian missionaries in the Philippines, are kidnapped by members of Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim fundamentalist group.
Malaysia
Oct 6, 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.