The Rag Trade. Image shows from L to R: Harold Fenner (Peter Jones), Paddy Fleming (Miriam Karlin). Copyright: BBC
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.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 6 - Unhappy Customer
One of the firm's customers brings back a selection of dresses with a range of complaints. Stains, cheese, banana skins, lettuce, half a sausage. The girls have been cooking and eating in the workroom, and Fenner sees the solution in an automated refreshment vending machine.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 10th November 1961
- Time
- 8:45pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Peter Jones | Harold Fenner |
| Miriam Karlin | Paddy Fleming |
| Reg Varney | Reg Turner |
| Esma Cannon | Lily Swann |
| Sheila Hancock | Carole Taylor |
| Barbara Windsor | Judy |
| Ann Beach | Brenda |
| Toni Palmer | Doreen |
| Rita Smythe | Rita |
| Judy Carne | Seamstress |
| Brian Oulton | Mr. Lever |
| Ronald Chesney | Writer |
| Ronald Wolfe | Writer |
| Dennis Main Wilson | Director |
| Dennis Main Wilson | Producer |
| Malcolm Goulding | Production Designer |
| Gordon Franks | Composer |