As dawn breaks across the icy tundra, Merlin and Arthur are close to exhaustion. With each tortured step, the fortress of Ismere looms ever nearer and Merlin’s fear intensifies. What…

When a stranger gives Arthur the power to summon the dead, the king finds himself torn between head and heart. Unable to resist temptation, he seizes the chance to speak…

David and Jayne Bladen’s dream of a new life overseas turns into a nightmare journey of drug smuggling and violence culminating in 20 months behind bars.

Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia describes how he was summoned to Saddam Hussein’s palace and forced to become the body double of the dictator’s eldest and most notorious son, Uday.

When young actor Erik Audé discovers that he was tricked into smuggling opium out of Pakistan, he must fight to stay alive and clear his name.

Travelling magician Mark Greening juggles a young family with a budding hash-smuggling business after moving to Japan, but he soon gets caught.

Lucy Wright is a nursing student when her life goes from bad to worse to hell. Her boyfriend leaves, she becomes addicted to crack, and the bills keep piling up.

Adventure-seeker Thomas Hamill takes a job driving trucks in Iraq, leading to a terrifying time in captivity after being kidnapped by insurgents.

Dwight Worker is busted in Mexico for smuggling coke and attempts a daring escape from one of the country’s most notorious prison.

Ruthie Lambert, a middle-aged mother of three, decides to smuggle drugs to make ends meet. She is imprisoned for years but eventually escapes by bribing a corrupt official.

British nurse Stephen Comiskey, who takes a job in Saudi Arabia to support his family, draws the unwelcome attention of the Saudi religious police after a series of illicit gay…

Erez Eltawil and Reini Weigel are among eight backpackers who are snatched by guerrillas during a trek in remote northern Colombia.

When Susan’s Haglof’s adoption goes wrong, she ends up in an Egyptian jail, facing a charge of human trafficking.

Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia describes how he was summoned to Saddam Hussein’s palace and forced to become the body double of the dictator’s eldest and most notorious son, Uday.

The gripping story of Tom Hanway, who flees a Chilean prison with a fellow prisoner, taking a dangerous and fatal escape route across the desert.

The shocking story of Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Winder, two British backpackers who are ambushed and held for ransom by a guerilla group while crossing the notoriously dangerous Darien…

Desperate to keep his family afloat, Paul Keany agrees to smuggle six kilos of cocaine from Venezuela back to Dublin, but it turns out to be the worst decision of…

When young actor Erik Audé discovers that he was tricked into smuggling opium out of Pakistan, he must fight to stay alive and clear his name.

Thrown into a notorious Bangkok prison for attempting to smuggle heroin, Angela Carnegie has an epiphany while nursing a fellow inmate with a drug addiction.

Travelling magician Mark Greening juggles a young family with a budding hash-smuggling business after moving to Japan, but he soon gets caught.

The terrifying story of photojournalist Nigel Brennan and reporter Amanda Lindhout, who are held hostage for 15 months by a criminal gang in Somalia.

Lucy Wright is a nursing student when her life goes from bad to worse to hell. Her boyfriend leaves, she becomes addicted to crack, and the bills keep piling up.

It’s 1976 in Cold War Moscow, and American Jerry Amster finds himself in the worst situation possible: busted for smuggling drugs from Kuala Lumpur to Russia.

Adventure-seeker Thomas Hamill takes a job driving trucks in Iraq, leading to a terrifying time in captivity after being kidnapped by insurgents.

Dwight Worker is busted in Mexico for smuggling coke and attempts a daring escape from one of the country’s most notorious prison.

Ruthie Lambert, a middle-aged mother of three, decides to smuggle drugs to make ends meet. She is imprisoned for years but eventually escapes by bribing a corrupt official.

Scott Campbell goes travelling in China with his estranged father, only to find out that his dad is a professional smuggler carrying 20 kilos of cannabis.

British nurse Stephen Comiskey, who takes a job in Saudi Arabia to support his family, draws the unwelcome attention of the Saudi religious police after a series of illicit gay…

Duane Wollum is about to make some easy money smuggling cocaine, until an airport security check reveals that he is concealing a package.

Erez Eltawil and Reini Weigel are among eight backpackers who are snatched by guerrillas during a trek in remote northern Colombia.

Orthodox Jew Samuel Leibowitz dreams of making millions as a drug kingpin in Brazil, leading to a terrifying term in the deadly Carandiru Penitentiary.

David and Jayne Bladen’s dream of a new life overseas turns into a nightmare journey of drug smuggling and violence culminating in 20 months behind bars.

A blizzard strands Patty and Ellen; McClaren uncovers a major player in the trading scandal.

Ellen begins to uncover the truth about her attacker. Chris Sanchez approaches McClaren with information.

McClaren’s latest leak thrusts Ellen into the spotlight. Tensions between McClaren and Rutger Simon come to a head.

Series Finale:

Patty and Ellen seek the source of the Princefield leak, while Patty takes on Ellen through the press.

Someone from McClaren’s past turns up and sheds light on his personal life; Patty has a confrontation with an adversary.

The attack Ellen suffered years ago comes back to haunt her.

A whistle-blower case puts Patty and Ellen against each other.