Mary Queen of Shops America. The programme also airs on GEM HD in Australia. Mary Queen of Shops Mary Queen of Shops is a British television series presented by Mary Portas broadcast on BBC Two. The series began with a four-week run starting on 7 June 2007, and returned for a second series of six episodes beginning on 9 June 2008. A third three-part series, titled "Mary Queen of Charity Shops", began on 2 June 2009. The show returned for a fourth series on 7 June 2010, featuring various independent shops, rather than just fashion boutiques. The title of the programme is a play
TS Queen Mary Rothesay, Millport and Arran. In 1935 the fleet including "Queen Mary" passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, and her registered owners became Williamson-Buchanan (1936) Ltd. Also in 1935, Williamson-Buchanan were contacted by the Cunard company which was getting ready to have its new liner launched by Her Majesty Queen Mary – so Cunard reached agreement with Williamson-Buchanan that the turbine steamer would become TS "Queen Mary II", and presented a portrait of Her Majesty to hang in the forward lounge of the Clyde steamer, while their liner became the RMS "Queen Mary". "Queen Mary II" was a