The Rag Trade(1961)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1961-10-06
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 6.3
Votes: 4
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 58
The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by LWT between 1977 and 1978. The scripts were by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, who later wrote Wild, Wild Women, Meet the Wife and On the Buses. Wild, Wild Women was a period variation of The Rag Trade. The action centred on a small clothing workshop, Fenner Fashions in London. Although run by Harold Fenner and Reg the foreman, the female workers are led by militant shop steward Paddy Fleming, ever ready to strike, with the catchphrase "Everybody out!" Other cast members included Sheila Hancock, Esma Reese Cannon, Wanda Ventham and Barbara Windsor. The Rag Trade was revived by ITV company LWT in 1977, with Jones and Karlin reprising their roles. The 1977 version ran for two series, most of the scripts being based on the BBC episodes from the 1960s, and featured Anna Karen and future EastEnders star Gillian Taylforth as factory workers. The theme tune for the LWT series was written and performed by Lynsey De Paul.
Keywords
workplaceworking classsitcomclothes factoryworkplace comedy
Seasons & Episodes
Series 1
Episodes: 10E01
The Baby
Air Date: 1961-10-06
When Fenner finds one of the girls has brought her baby to work, the resultant fracas between management and staff th...
E02
Getting Married
Air Date: 1961-10-13
Paddy promises Carole the girls will be able to make her a wedding dress with material left over from an order for Ar...
E03
Early Start
Air Date: 1961-10-20
Fenner installs a time clock to help gain a contract with chain store Parks & Spicer and the resultant docking of wag...
E04
The French Fashions
Air Date: 1961-10-27
Fenner arranges for Carole to model a pair of slacks at the Ritz Plaza to help secure an American order.
E05
The Sample
Air Date: 1961-11-03
Paddy allows Carole to wear a sample dress to lunch with her sailor boyfriend and a resultant mishap jeopardizes a 3:...
E06
Unhappy Customer
Air Date: 1961-11-10
Fenner is determined to enforce a ban on eating in the workroom when an angry customer returns items of food in his g...
E07
Series 1, Episode 7
Air Date: 1961-11-17
(Lost Episode) Fenner Fashions has been awarded a contract to supply Wren uniforms to the Admiralty by inadvertently ...
E08
Doctor's Orders
Air Date: 1961-11-24
Fenner is laid low with a heavy cold at the very moment he has to produce a gown which is to be worn on television by...
E09
The Italian Designer
Air Date: 1961-12-01
(Lost Episode) The arrival of Roberto, an Italian beachwear designer, causes strained relations among the girls in th...
E10
Christmas Box
Air Date: 1961-12-08
To make a bit of pocket money for the Festive season, Paddy and the girls produce 300 golliwog dolls, unbeknownst to ...
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