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  1. The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by ITV between 1977 and 1978. [1] Although a comedy, it shed light on gender, politics and the "class war" on the factory floor. [2][3] The scripts were written by partners Chesney and Wolfe, who later wrote Wild, Wild Women, Meet the Wife and On the Buses.

  2. The Rag Trade: Created by Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe. With Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, Reg Varney, Wanda Ventham. In the clothing factory, foreman Reg Turner faces challenges from the mischievous machinist women led by Paddy Fleming while they complete weekly orders, constantly devising schemes to make life difficult for the boss, Harold Fenner.

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    • 1961-10-06
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  3. Esma Cannon. ... Lily Swann 23 episodes, 1961-1962. Sheila Hancock. ... Carole Taylor 23 episodes, 1961-1962. Barbara Windsor.

  4. Rag Trade, The. Some British workers adopted a new mood of militancy in 1961, all because of a comedy series. The Rag Trade featured Peter Jones as Mr Fenner, harassed boss of East-End ‘sweatshop’ Fenner Fashions and Reg Varney as his foreman, Reg. Leading the workers was Miriam Karlin starring as trade union shop steward, Paddy, who with a ...

  5. The Rag Trade. TV sitcom; BBC One / ITV1; 1961 - 1978; 58 episodes (5 series) Each working day at Fenner's Fashions is a new struggle between the management and the workers. Stars Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, Reg Varney, Christopher Beeny, Esma Cannon and more.

  6. The Rag Trade. TV sitcom. BBC One / ITV1. 1961 - 1978. 58 episodes (5 series) Each working day at Fenner's Fashions is a new struggle between the management and the workers. Stars Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, Reg Varney, Christopher Beeny, Esma Cannon and more. Like this. F.

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  8. The Rag Trade: Created by Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe. With Diane Langton, Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, Christopher Beeny. Follows the humorous struggles of workers in a London clothing factory.

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