At age 12, Shiva Mahbobi is jailed for the first time for six days after protesting against the Iranian regime; two years later, she is arrested again, held and tortured in prison for the next three years.
Rhianon Bragg is held hostage for eight hours by her controlling ex-boyfriend.
Explorer Benedict Allen embarks on a perilous journey to the Amazon rainforest; his adventure takes a dark turn with a harrowing escape from hostile gold miners; lost and terrified in the jungle, he has to battle malaria, starvation and isolation.
Journalist Michael Scott Moore travels to Somalia to research and report on the piracy crisis in the country and is captured and held in extreme conditions for over two and a half years by Somali pirates.
Sailing the world, the Robertson family's journey is ended by killer whales.
Peter Shaw is ready to return home when he is kidnapped and held underground.
In Iraq for work, UK citizen Peter Moore is taken hostage by the Shia militia.
Aid worker Ian Purchase is kidnapped and imprisoned by Taliban extremists.