[fully lost] No Going Back - Nicaragua (S01E02, Channel 4, 2002)
Channel 4 produced a series of documentaries back in 2002 about people moving to different places. One of them was about a couple that bought an island off the coast of Nicaragua and moved there with their children. It was one of the most disturbing documentaries ever aired (spoilers below). All the other episodes are available to view on the Channel 4 website (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/no-going-back/episode-guide/series-1) but not this one.
I've heard that there could be a legal issue with it ever re-airing, so I believe it's completely lost, but if anyone has it somehow, it'd be much much appreciated!
What happens in the ep: A woman (ex-porn star), her husband and their three kids buy and move to an island off the coast of Nicaragua hoping to set up a beach hut style resort. During the show she walks round topless and starts messing around with one of the beach-hut builders. When he turns out to be messing about with the maid too, she gets annoyed and he gets his marching orders. In return he tries to kidnap/murder the family. They escape and manage to hide standing dead still in a swamp throughout the night. At that point, the husband and the unschooled lonely kids want to go home. The lady (who named the island after herself) says no. The husband then gets very ill, suffers severe anxiety attacks probably due to PTSD and eventually dies of an asthma attack (I think because she forbid him to take his inhaler with him). Nonetheless, she vows to stay, despite a visit from a local delegation telling her to leave.
Posted Sep 8, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC