Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Locked up abroad [videorecording] / produced by RAW TV for National Geographic Channel ; series producer, Sam Maynard.

Publisher, Date:

[Washington, DC] : National Geographic, c2008.

Description:

4 videodiscs (585 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Recounts true stories of people who ended up miles from home, in a foreign land, in a situation beyond their worst nightmares. From travelers who ran afoul of the law and were put behind bars, to explorers taken hostage. Tells the tales of ordinary people who were locked up abroad and how they regained their freedom. There is a terrifying tale of kidnapping and murder by guerillas in Africa; a dope deal in Kuwait that starts small and ends in hard time; an anniversary holiday in the Philippines that ends up a kidnapping by Muslim terrorists; and other stories of unsuspecting travelers who barely made it home.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

Prisoners, Foreign.

Kidnapping -- Anecdotes.

Terrorism -- Anecdotes.

Hostages -- Anecdotes.

Criminal behavior -- Anecdotes.

Victims of terrorism -- Anecdotes.

Rescues -- Anecdotes.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Other Author:

Maynard, Sam.

Raw TV (Firm)

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

Other Title:

Also known as: Banged up abroad.

Locked up abroad (Television program)

Notes:

Documentary.

Title from container.

As seen on the National Geographic Channel.

"A British documentary series made for Channel Five which was first broadcast in 2006. It is broadcast in the United States under the title Locked Up Abroad."--Wikipedia.

Contains all 12 episodes from the series.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (matted, enhanced); Dolby Digital.

These DVD discs are copy protected.

Closed-captioned.

Contents:

Chechnya ; Uganda ; Korea -- Bangladesh ; Philippines ; Kuwait -- India ; Pakistan ; Lima -- Malaysia ; Taiwan ; Ecuador.

ISBN:

727994930761

9781426294273

1426294271

9781426294839

1426294832

9781426294846

1426294840

Publisher Number:

CS93076

CS75359--CS75360

CS75359-1--CS75359-2

CS75360-1--CS75360-2

Other Number:

285602363

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

237964

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 365 Locked u

Medium:

[videorecording]