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THE QUEEN MARY: OUR ROYALS AT SEA, 9PM, CH5

THE launch of RMS Queen Mary in 1934 almost singlehandedly lifted Britain out of an economic slump, anda re-established u us as one of the world’s greatest ship building nations. To conclude his two-part series about ships that have played a significant role in our cultural and maritime history, Rob Bell hears the fascinating story of the iconic ocean liner. He boards the now-retired seafaring behemoth to explore how a ship that was then the largest and fastest vessel ever built came to epitomise Thirties glamour and the golden age of transatlantic ocean travel.