Series
High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule
Documentary
In 2013, Michaella McCollum from Northern Ireland and Melissa Reid from Scotland were caught at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Peru trying to smuggle £1.5 million of cocaine into Spain. The pair, also known as the `Peru Two,' were sentenced to almost seven years in one of the most notorious prisons in the world. The series provides a first-hand account from Michaella, a former club hostess in the Spanish nightlife, as she traces her journey from arriving in the foreign country for her first holiday to her downward spiral into the illicit world of drugs and excess.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Episode 15 Jul 2021 · 34mAged 19 and bored of where she grew up, Michaella craved sun and adventure. But her dream turned into a nightmare as she fell into an illicit world of drugs and excess.
- 2Episode 28 Jul 2021 · 37mMichaella tells the story of finding herself 5,000 miles from home in Peru, pretending to be a tourist at Machu Picchu, then walking 12kg of cocaine into an airport.
- 3Episode 312 Jul 2021 · 33mMichaella describes how she walked into Lima airport with a suitcase full of cocaine, hoping that everything she had been told about how easy it would be was true.
- 4Episode 413 Jul 2021 · 33mMichaella describes the dilemma she faced: stick to her story about being forced to carry the drugs and face 15 years in jail, or come clean and break her mother’s heart.
- 5Episode 514 Jul 2021 · 42mDespite being sentenced to nearly seven years in a maximum security prison, Michaella was home in less than three. She reveals how she got out and how prison changed her for the better.
Details
- First aired
- 5 Jul 2021
- Last aired
- 14 Jul 2021
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 5
- Votes
- 13 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Cast
- TTatiana PenfoldMelissa Reid
- SSade GilibertiPeruvian prisoner
- MMichaella McCollumSelf
Alexandra ConstantinidiMichaella McCollum
