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 13
The girls prepare to put on a concert party in aid of the Fenner Workers' Union. Fenner, meanwhile, is trying to sell a babydoll range and secure extra funding from his bank manager.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 29th 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 |
| Hugh Paddick | Mr. Pearson |
| Ronnie Barker | Mr. Goodwin |
| Ronald Chesney | Writer |
| Ronald Wolfe | Writer |
| Dennis Main Wilson | Director |
| Dennis Main Wilson | Producer |
| Malcolm Goulding | Production Designer |
| Dorothea Wallace | Costume Designer |
| Gordon Franks | Composer |