7.1/1011 votes#1 - 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
- 7.2/109 votes
#2 - 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
- 6.9/1010 votes
#3 - 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
- 7.9/1011 votes
#4 - 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
- 6.9/1011 votes
#5 - 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
- 6.6/109 votes
#6 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - 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
- 6.0/108 votes
#8 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - 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
- 7.2/1010 votes
#10 - 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
The Best Episodes of The Rag Trade Season 1
Every episode of The Rag Trade Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rag Trade Season 1!
The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by LWT between 1977 and 1978.
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Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Baby" is the best rated episode of "The Rag Trade" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Dennis Main Wilson and written by N/A, it aired on 10/6/1961. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Getting Married".