Captive

6.3
2016

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

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Thumbnail for video: Captive | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

Captive | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

Seasons

8 Episodes • Premiered 2016

Still image for Captive season 1 episode 1: Prison Riot, U.S.A.

1. Prison Riot, U.S.A.

7.0

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.

Still image for Captive season 1 episode 2: Cola Kidnap, Brazil

2. Cola Kidnap, Brazil

9.0

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.

Still image for Captive season 1 episode 3: Taken at Sea, Somalia

3. Taken at Sea, Somalia

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

Still image for Captive season 1 episode 4: American Missionaries, Philippines

4. American Missionaries, Philippines

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

Still image for Captive season 1 episode 5: British Aid Workers, Chechnya

5. British Aid Workers, Chechnya

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

Still image for Captive season 1 episode 6: Bethlehem Siege, Palestine

6. Bethlehem Siege, Palestine

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

Still image for Captive season 1 episode 7: Al Qaeda Hostages, Yemen

7. Al Qaeda Hostages, Yemen

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

Still image for Captive season 1 episode 8: The Peacemakers, Iraq

8. The Peacemakers, Iraq

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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