Captive
Captive

Captive (2016)

6.31 seasonsDocumentary, Crime

This documentary series reconstructs history's most complex, high-stakes hostage negotiations as kidnapping victims recount their terrifying ordeals.

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Season 18 episodes
Prison Riot, U.S.A.

1. Prison Riot, U.S.A.

74 min

On Easter Sunday in 1993, inmates at a maximum security prison in Lucasville, Ohio, riot and take eight guards hostage, leading to a 10-day standoff.

Cola Kidnap, Brazil

2. Cola Kidnap, Brazil

65 min

During a wave of kidnappings in early-1990s Brazil, a local Coca-Cola bottling executive is ambushed at gunpoint and held for a ransom of millions.

Taken at Sea, Somalia

3. Taken at Sea, Somalia

62 min

Sailing the Indian Ocean on their yacht, British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler are kidnapped by Somali pirates and held for an exorbitant ransom.

American Missionaries, Philippines

4. American Missionaries, Philippines

61 min

The long captivity of American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham by Philippine terror group Abu Sayyaf takes on new urgency after 9/11.

British Aid Workers, Chechnya

5. British Aid Workers, Chechnya

60 min

A pair of British aid workers establishing a children's rehab center in war-torn Chechnya are taken prisoner and held for a year.

Bethlehem Siege, Palestine

6. Bethlehem Siege, Palestine

60 min

When Israeli forces invade Bethlehem in 2002, dozens of Palestinians take refuge in the Church of the Nativity, sparking a monthlong standoff.

Al Qaeda Hostages, Yemen

7. Al Qaeda Hostages, Yemen

63 min

Pierre and Yolande Korkie relocate from South Africa to Yemen to perform charitable work, but tragedy follows when they are kidnapped by Al Qaeda.

The Peacemakers, Iraq

8. The Peacemakers, Iraq

63 min

In the violent aftermath of the Iraq War, four human rights activists from Christian Peacemaker Teams are taken hostage by insurgents in Baghdad.

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