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.
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Series 2, Episode 6
Fenner attempts to work out a new productivity rate and wage by timing the production line. Paddy spies an opportunity and fiddles his clock to run fast so the girls can maximise their pay. The result is a huge wage bill and a surplus of stock - and there's already a man at the door with a writ!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 11th May 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 |
| Julie Samuel | Seamstress |
| Elaine Kagan | Seamstress |
| Willoughby Goddard | Mr. Bertram |
| Bill Shine | Mr. Smedley |
| 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 |