“You have no idea what’s going to happen or how long you might live.”

Roy Hallums, one of more than 400 foreigners kidnapped in Iraq, describes his hostage experience in Kidnap & Rescue on Discovery Channel.

Recounting the drama of his kidnap at gunpoint, £6 million ($12 million) ransom and 11 month abduction, Kidnap & Rescue explores the psychology of survival. As Psychologist and Hostage Negotiator Dr James Alvarez explains,

“One of the major fear-inducing elements of a kidnap is the utter lack of control that you have.”

Find out how planning car journeys helped Roy cope with the isolation and constant threat of beheading. For the first time, follow the dramatic work of the newly created and highly secretive, Hostage Working Group. Kidnap & Rescue follows this elite agency and its use of sophisticated surveillance and Special Forces to track down the kidnappers and release Roy Hallums.