| Banged Up Abroad | |
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| Also known as | See International airings below |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 15 |
| No. of episodes | 112 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (with commercials) |
| Production company | Raw TV |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 5 (UK) National Geographic Channel |
| Release | March 2006 – present |
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Banged Up Abroad (rebadged as Locked Up Abroad in Asia and the United States, and Jailed Abroad in India, for the National Geographic Channel) is a British documentary/docudrama television series created by Bart Layton that was produced for Channel 5 and that premiered in March 2006. Most episodes feature stories of people who have been arrested while travelling abroad, usually for trying to smuggle illegal drugs, although some episodes feature people who were either kidnapped or captured while they were either travelling or living in other countries. Some episodes have featured real-life stories that first became well known when they were made the subject of a film: films that have been 're-made' in this way include Midnight Express, Goodfellas, The Devil's Double, Argo, Mr Nice and, to a lesser extent, Casino (with the story of Frank Cullotta). A few episodes have focused on undercover infiltrations of criminal syndicates by law enforcement agents or individuals recruited by them.
Since 2006, there have been a total of 13 regular series, plus a special series called Kidnapped Abroad. The fifteenth series began airing in October 2022.