The Rag Trade
| The Rag Trade | |
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| Created by | Chesney and Wolfe |
| Starring |
Peter Jones Series 4-5 (LWT): |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 58 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Dennis Main Wilson (BBC) Bryan Izzard (LWT) |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC ITV |
| Original release |
First run: 6 October 1961 – 30 March 1963 Second run: 11 September 1977 – 20 October 1978 |
Peter Jones
Miriam Karlin
Series 1-3 (BBC):
Series 4-5 (LWT):
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 fictional small clothing workshop (the title refers to the textile industry), Fenner's Fashions in London. Although run by Harold Fenner (Peter Jones) and Reg Turner the foreman and pattern cutter (Reg Varney), the female workers are led by militant shop steward Paddy Fleming (Miriam Karlin), ever ready to strike, with the catchphrase "Everybody out!" Other cast members included Sheila Hancock (as Carole Taylor), Esma Cannon (as Lily Swann), Wanda Ventham (as Shirley) in series 2 and Barbara Windsor (as Gloria) in series 1 and (as Judy) in series 3 replacing Sheila Hancock.
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 (reprising her role as Olive from On the Buses) and future EastEnders star Gillian Taylforth as factory workers.
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