BBC iPlayer - Episode Detail: Time Shift: Series 9: The Last Days of the Liners How countries competed to launch the most magnificent passenger ships after WWII. 2009-11-30T21:16:07Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/episode/b00nrtj6 BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk Time Shift: Series 9: The Last Days of the Liners tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nrtj6 2009-10-27T00:07:53Z How countries competed to launch the most magnificent passenger ships after WWII. <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nrtj6/Time_Shift_Series_9_The_Last_Days_of_the_Liners/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nrtj6_150_84.jpg" alt="Time Shift: Series 9: The Last Days of the Liners" /> </a> </p> <p> Documentary telling how, in the years following WWII and with national pride and prestige at stake, countries competed to launch the most magnificent passenger ships. </p>