22% My Holiday Hostage Hell
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S01E06 - "Liberia"
Aired on Dec 17, 2008, 10:00 PM
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India
Following eight months of traveling in Asia and Australia, 23-year-old Lucy Barnes and 24-year-old Sophie Cockroft set off for their last few weeks in India, but an unscheduled stop in Jaipur turns their dream holiday into a nightmare they will never forget.
Nov 12, 2008
60 min
Columbia
24-year-old gardener Tom Hart Dyke has been backpacking around the world for nearly two years when, just weeks before going home, his dream trip turns into a living nightmare. Kidnapped by armed guerrillas on the Colombian border, he's held hostage in the jungle for nine months. Infested with flesh-eating worms and repeatedly beaten, he will be killed unless a five-million-pound ransom is paid.
Nov 19, 2008
60 min
Bolivia
34-year-old Holly Sheldon, a seasoned backpacker from London, is traveling in South America when she persuades her mother, Jenny, to join her on the last leg of her trip to Bolivia. They become the latest victims of a kidnapping gang who prey on unsuspecting tourists.
Nov 26, 2008
60 min
Iran
After his mother's death, Aidan sets off on an 11,000-mile cycle ride from England to Australia. When Aidan reaches Iran, he meets two German cyclists, David and Oliver. Together, they ride towards the Pakistan border. On their fifth day, a convoy of vehicles filled with men wielding AK-47s and claiming to be members of Al-Qaeda, force them off the road and into the boot of a car.
Dec 3, 2008
60 min
West Papua
After college, Daniel Start travels to West Papua to study rare plants and animals. Papuan tribal warriors kidnap him in the hopes of creating headlines around the world to highlight their fight for independence from the Indonesian government.
Dec 10, 2008
60 min
Liberia
Doctor Mike Roe and nurse Sara Nam meet while working at a charity hospital in Liberia. A civil war has ravaged the country, leaving many without food, water or medicine. Defeated soldiers who fled across the border to Guinea are starting to regroup. Their aim is to seize power from the Liberian government. A gang of drug-fueled child soldiers attacks the hospital and take Mike and Sara hostage
Dec 17, 2008
60 min