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| The Rag Trade | |
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| Created by | Chesney and Wolfe |
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| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 58 (15 missing) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Network | BBC |
| Release | 6 October 1961 – 30 March 1963 |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 11 September 1977 – 20 October 1978 |
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The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by ITV between 1977 and 1978.[1] Although a comedy, it shed light on gender, politics and the "class war" on the factory floor.[2][3]
The scripts were written by partners Chesney and Wolfe, who later wrote Wild, Wild Women, Meet the Wife and On the Buses. Wild, Wild Women was a period variation of The Rag Trade.[4][5]
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Rag Trade, The (1961-63)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ The Rag Trade: ‘Everybody Out!’ Gender, Politics and Class on the Factory Floor by Mary Irwin, pp66-79, British TV Comedies, doi:10.1057/9781137552952_5
- ^ British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies, edited by Juergen Kamm and Birgit Neumann, 2016, ISBN 9781137552945
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Wolfe, Ronald (1924-2011) and Chesney, Ronald (1920-) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Wild, Wild Women - BBC1 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide.