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The Rag Trade Episode Guide
The Baby
S1 Ep1
2.7
6th Oct 1961
When Fenner finds one of the girls has brought her baby to work, the resultant fracas between management and staff threatens production of a line of polka dot gowns.
Getting Married
S1 Ep2
13th Oct 1961
Paddy promises Carole the girls will be able to make her a wedding dress with material left over from an order for Arcadia Gowns.
Early Start
S1 Ep3
20th Oct 1961
Fenner installs a time clock to help gain a contract with chain store Parks & Spicer and the resultant docking of wages leaves the girls with no money to bet on a sure thing at the races.
The French Fashions
S1 Ep4
27th Oct 1961
Fenner arranges for Carole to model a pair of slacks at the Ritz Plaza to help secure an American order.
The Sample
S1 Ep5
3rd Nov 1961
Paddy allows Carole to wear a sample dress to lunch with her sailor boyfriend and a resultant mishap jeopardizes a 3:30 viewing by a prospective buyer.
Unhappy Customer
S1 Ep6
10th Nov 1961
Fenner is determined to enforce a ban on eating in the workroom when an angry customer returns items of food in his garments.
Series 1, Episode 7
S1 Ep7
17th Nov 1961
Fenner Fashions has been awarded a contract to supply Wren uniforms to the Admiralty by inadvertently tendering bankruptingly low prices so the girls have to show their workmanship is shoddy to save the situation.
Doctor's Orders
S1 Ep8
24th Nov 1961
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 an international singing star and lead to numerous orders.
The Italian Designer
S1 Ep9
1st Dec 1961
The arrival of Roberto, an Italian beachwear designer, causes strained relations among the girls in the workroom.
Christmas Box
S1 Ep10
8th Dec 1961
To make a bit of pocket money for the Festive season, Paddy and the girls produce 300 golliwog dolls, unbeknownst to Fenner.
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.
The first episode of The Rag Trade aired on October 06, 1961.
The last episode of The Rag Trade aired on December 18, 1977.
There are 58 episodes of The Rag Trade.
There are 5 seasons of The Rag Trade.
Yes.
The Rag Trade is set to return for future episodes.
