The Rag Trade

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The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom set in a small clothing factory, known for its sharp social satire and strong female characters.

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The Rag Trade canonical 3

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instanceOf British television sitcom
blackAndWhite true
catchphrase Everybody out!
character Harold Fenner
Lily
Paddy Fleming
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Ronald Chesney
Ronald Wolfe
firstAired 1961
followedBy LWT revival of The Rag Trade
genre sitcom
television comedy
hasFormat half-hour episodes
hasSubject garment industry
management–labour relations
women workers
lastAired 1963
medium television
notableCharacteristic sharp social satire
strong female characters
numberOfEpisodes 36
numberOfSeries 3
originalChannel BBC One
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork BBC television services
surface form: BBC Television
productionCompany BBC
revivalAiredOn London Weekend Television
revivalFirstAired 1977
revivalLastAired 1978
revivalNumberOfEpisodes 22
revivalNumberOfSeries 2
revivalStars Miriam Karlin
Peter Jones
Reg Varney
setting small clothing factory
stars Esma Cannon
Miriam Karlin
Peter Jones
Reg Varney
targetAudience adult viewers
theme class conflict
industrial relations
trade union activism
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary early 1960s Britain
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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Sheila Hancock notableWork The Rag Trade
Victoria Tennant notableWork The Rag Trade
Sheila Cameron Hancock notableWork The Rag Trade