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 2, Episode 12
The girls are at their enterprising best as they establish their own 'Hong Kong laundry' service. When Fenner sees how much the factory's water usage has suddenly risen he calls in a plumber, and they must decamp to a local barber shop.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 22nd June 1962
- 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 |
| Wanda Ventham | Shirley |
| Gwendolyn Watts | Liz |
| Jan Williams | Seamstress |
| Pamela Reece | Seamstress |
| Jean Conroy | Seamstress |
| George Roderick | Nikki |
| Barbara Keogh | Mrs. Brooks |
| Ronald Chesney | Writer |
| Ronald Wolfe | Writer |
| Dennis Main Wilson | Director |
| Dennis Main Wilson | Producer |
| Malcolm Goulding | Production Designer |
| Gordon Franks | Composer |