Visa, passport, flight ticket, money, luggage, camera… and you are sorted for the much awaited holiday. But on arrival at your destination, what if there are two packets of cocaine found in your bag at the security check? A holiday in paradise transforms into a nightmare, a relaxing itinerary into hardships beyond imagination. National Geographic Channel presents a brand new season of its much acclaimed and gripping series, Jailed Abroad, premiering January 18, every Monday @ 10 pm.
Using dramatic reconstructions and compelling first person narrative, Jailed Abroad tells the true stories that would be any traveler’s worst nightmare - from travelers who through naivety, stupidity or plain bad luck have fallen foul of a local legal system and found themselves behind bars in a hell hole jail, to adventurers who have strayed too far off the beaten track and found themselves hostage to guerrilla forces. These are stories of people who went in search of adventure, a new life or the holiday of a lifetime but all ended up in situations beyond their imagination.
Speaking about the series, Sudha Sadhanand, Vice President – Programming, National Geographic Channel said, "Jailed Abroad is a compelling series about ordinary people finding themselves in extraordinary situations that turn their lives upside down. These true stories, narrated by the convicted or the captured victims themselves, present the brutal side of life along with the strength of human will and determination to get over all odds."
Log on to www.natgeotv.co.in/jailedabroad and www.facebook.com/natgeotv.india to view Jailed Abroad videos, photo-gallery, set programme reminders and much more.
Jailed Abroad: Delhi – Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 10 pm: In 1999, heartbroken Londoner, Clare Matthews decides to travel to Goa, India. She loves it so much that when her money runs out, she overcomes her initial fears and hides 2 pounds of hashish in a statue, mailing it off to Europe to make some quick cash. But her party lifestyle spirals out of control, and she needs more money. She ships another parcel, and then another-but the third one does not reach Europe. The courier company says they have lost the address and ask her to go to the post office to pick up a fax. Desperate for money but suspecting a trap, Clare reluctantly picks up the fax. She is arrested and ends up spending years in one of Asia's largest jails, waiting trial. Finally, she is given a 5-year sentence which she has already served. But just after she is released, Clare's lawyer tells her that her sentence has been extended for another 5-years. Devastated, Clare waits in jail for 3-months until the judge relents and allows her to return to London.
Jailed Abroad: Kidnapped In Iraq – Monday, January 25, 2010 @ 10 pm: September 7, 2004, US forces are about to attack Tal Afar in North West Iraq. Journalists Scott Taylor and Zeynep Tugrul rush to the remote city to report from the frontline. But they are kidnapped by insurgents who think they are American spies. From then on their lives hang in the balance as the American military pound the city. The journalists face torture and witness scenes few westerners have ever survived.
Jailed Abroad: Philippine Terror – Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 10 pm: Greg Williams travelled to the Philippines in 1996 in the hope of turning his life around as a church volunteer. But within days of arriving, he was kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf - a brutal Islamic terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda. Greg realized his only chance of survival was to escape.
Jailed Abroad: Conned In Quito – Monday, February 8, 2010 @ 10 pm: In 2003, Zoe McGarry's life changed forever after a chance encounter with a man called Tony. She met him in Nigeria while visiting the country with her Nigerian husband Olu, and they soon all became close friends. Tony had family in London and Zoe and Olu invited him to stay in their house. But within months his personality started to change, he was no longer the happy, warm person they once knew. And then, one day, he just disappeared. A few months later, he called Zoe from Ecuador begging her for help to re-new his visa so he could return to the UK and make a fresh start. Eventually, Tony persuaded Zoe to visit him to help with his paperwork. But once there, Tony's behaviour proved untrustworthy. He avoided visiting the embassy every time she brought the subject up. They visited a local tourist market where Zoe bought several souvenirs. Tony gave her a rucksack to carry them home in. Eventually after 4-days, Zoe decided to return to London, but never made it. As she boarded the flight home, police arrested her and discovered 2.6 kilograms of cocaine in the lining of the rucksack that Tony had given her. She was locked up and despite protesting her innocence was given a 16-year jail term in a Quito jail. After serving 4-years, she was released on parole and finally returned home to her native Ireland. Tony was never caught or brought to trial.
Jailed Abroad: Venezuela Blues – Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 10 pm: April 2006, Atlanta musician David Evans loves his girlfriend Julie Goldstein but they are always broke. In a rash attempt to prove he could make some cash, he agrees to act as a drug mule. He deceives Julie by telling her, he is going to Europe when actually he flies to Caracas, Venezuela. There he picks up 7-pounds (3.2 kilos) of cocaine carried in cans of hairspray. Despite believing that 'everyone is paid off' at Caracas airport, he is caught and arrested. Julie meanwhile goes to meet him in Amsterdam. She has no idea why he is not there to meet her - until he calls. Over the ensuing months he sinks deeper into the hell of the Venezuelan penal system and Julie has to take care of herself. Their lives drift apart. October 2008, After 27-months David is finally free and they arrange to meet. Is there a chance they will get back together?
Jailed Abroad: Mexico or Bust – Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 10 pm: In 1977, Jake Stanford was fresh out of high school and headed off to Mexico in search of adventure and excitement. He got both - but not in quite the way he anticipated. Funding his stay by selling Marijuana to tourists, he unwisely attempted a deal too far when he agreed to supply another American with two kilos of the drug. A resulting drugs bust would see him witness two policemen shot point blank as well as being gunshot himself. After three days holed up in a friend's house he made a doomed escape attempt disguised as a woman before falling into the clutches of the town's menacing chief of police, who soon made it clear he would only save his leg by confessing to a crime he did not commit.
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