The Rag Trade

*The Rag Trade*
The Rag Trade
	Actresses Sheila Hancock, Esma Cannon and Miriam Karlin
Created by	Chesney and Wolfe
Starring	Peter Jones; Miriam Karlin; Sheila Hancock; Barbara Windsor; Reg Varney; Esma Cannon; Wanda Ventham; Ann Beach; Christopher Beeny; Anna Karen; Gillian Taylforth; Deddie Davies; Diane Langton;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	58 (16 missing)
Production
Producers	Dennis Main Wilson (BBC); Bryan Izzard (LWT);
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	BBC (Series 1–3); LWT (Series 4–5);
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	6 October 1961 –; 30 March 1963
Network	ITV
Release	11 September 1977 –; 20 October 1978

The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by ITV between 1977 and 1978. Although a comedy, it shed light on gender, politics and the "class war" on the factory floor.

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.