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The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by LWT between 1977 and 1978. The scripts were...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
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Season 1

  • The Baby
    7.1/1011 votes
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    The Baby

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1961

    When Fenner finds one of the girls has brought her baby to work, the resultant fracas between management and staff threatens production of a line of polka dot gowns.

    Director: Dennis Main Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Getting Married
    7.2/109 votes
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    Getting Married

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1961

    Paddy promises Carole the girls will be able to make her a wedding dress with material left over from an order for Arcadia Gowns.

    Director: Dennis Main Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Early Start
    6.9/1010 votes
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    Early Start

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1961

    Fenner installs a time clock to help gain a contract with chain store Parks & Spicer and the resultant docking of wages leaves the girls with no money to bet on a sure thing at the races.

    Director: Dennis Main Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • The French Fashions
    7.9/1011 votes
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    The French Fashions

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1961

    Fenner arranges for Carole to model a pair of slacks at the Ritz Plaza to help secure an American order.

    Director: Dennis Main Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sample
    6.9/1011 votes
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    The Sample

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1961

    Paddy allows Carole to wear a sample dress to lunch with her sailor boyfriend and a resultant mishap jeopardizes a 3:30 viewing by a prospective buyer.

    Director: Dennis Main Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Unhappy Customer
    6.6/109 votes
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    Unhappy Customer

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1961

    Fenner is determined to enforce a ban on eating in the workroom when an angry customer returns items of food in his garments.

    Director: Dennis Main Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Series 1, Episode 7
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    Series 1, Episode 7

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1961

    Fenner Fashions has been awarded a contract to supply Wren uniforms to the Admiralty by inadvertently tendering bankruptingly low prices so the girls have to show their workmanship is shoddy to save the situation.

    Director: Dennis Main Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Doctor's Orders
    6.0/108 votes
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    Doctor's Orders

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1961

    Fenner is laid low with a heavy cold at the very moment he has to produce a gown which is to be worn on television by an international singing star and lead to numerous orders.

    Director: Dennis Main Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Italian Designer
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    The Italian Designer

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1961

    The arrival of Roberto, an Italian beachwear designer, causes strained relations among the girls in the workroom.

    Director: Dennis Main Wilson

    Writer: N/A

  • Christmas Box
    7.2/1010 votes
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    Christmas Box

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1961

    To make a bit of pocket money for the Festive season, Paddy and the girls produce 300 golliwog dolls, unbeknownst to Fenner.

    Director: Dennis Main Wilson

    Writer: N/A