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The Rip Off Britain team is ready to tackle the issues you feel affect you the most.

The Rip Off Britain team is ready to tackle the issues that most matter to you - from bills and bad customer service, to holidays and food.

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Rip Off Britain: Holidays Series 8: Episode 1

Episode 1

Holidays Series 8

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How sickness or injury on holiday can be devastating, even if you have insurance.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville are back with a series of investigations into the issues plaguing British holidaymakers. Today, it 's the genuinely shocking story of the NHS nurse facing $350,000 in hospital fees after her holiday insurers refused to pay her American medical bills. With her life in tatters, can the team get her money back? Also, the shocking story of a young woman whose family had to find £25,000 for a private air ambulance after her insurer refused to pay following a devastating accident abroad. And how a nine-year-old boy ended up with arthritis following an outbreak of salmonella on his Lanzarote holiday. His family tell us why they are demanding their day in court.

Rip Off Britain: Holidays Series 8

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The Rip Off Britain team investigate disastrous holidays and troubles with travel.

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