Bangkok Hilton

1989•1h 30m•6.9/10

Drama

Ratings

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6.9/10(51)

This classic Australian mini series was originally broadcast in 1989 as three 90 minute episodes and tells the story of a young woman who goes in search of the father she has never known. Her search takes her from Australia to England and then on to Bangkok. There she meets up with a charming young man, Arkie Regan, who plants drugs in her luggage and leaves her to her fate when the authorities find them during a routine search at the airport. Following her imprisonment in the notorious Bangkok Hilton prison she awaits the decision of the authorities on whether she should face the death penalty.

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Production

Kennedy Miller Productions

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

November 5, 1989

Last Aired

November 7, 1989

Networks

ABC TV

Where to Watch

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Episode 1

Air date: 1989-11-05

A young woman finds out the truth of her believed to be dead father, a former British Army Officer and begins quest to find him, only to be arrested in Bangkok for unknowingly transporting illegal narcotics hidden in her baggage

Episode 2

Air date: 1989-11-06

Kat's incarceration begins in a prison nicknamed the Bangkok Hilton, facing a potential death penalty. People try to help her inside and outside the prison

Episode 3

Air date: 1989-11-07

After the execution of 2 of her inmate friends, a plan is hatched, and one of the men who is helping attorney her turns out to be somebody else