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The Rag Trade is a true British comedy classic which attracted enormous audiences when first broadcast in 1961. Widely praised not just for its hilarious script and energetic performances, but for its ground-breaking strong female characters. And its iconic catchphrase Everybody out! has earned its place in TV comedy history. Penny-pinching Harold Fenner (Peter Jones) runs Fenner Fashions, a small clothing workshop in London that makes high quality clothing, where nothing ever runs smoothly. Work life is constantly disrupted by the shop's militant steward Paddy Fleming (Miriam Karlin), who leads the female workforce. Paddy is after any excuse to take on Fenner and lead the women out on strike yelling Everybody out! Amongst the long-suffering workforce are Carole (Sheila Hancock), Little Lil (Esma Cannon), Shirley (Wanda Ventham) and Gloria (Barbara Windsor). And stuck in the middle of the whole situation is poor downtrodden foreman Reg (Reg Varney), trying to keep everyone happy and failing miserably! (Simply Media)
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Claire Davenport
UK
Best series:
Mind Your Language (1977) (series)
Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Carmel Cryan
UK
![Dilys Laye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/379/161379562_586cf0.jpg)
Dilys Laye
UK
Best series:
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Doctors (2000) (series)
Holby City (1999) (series)
![Norman Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341523_9acb79.jpg)
Norman Mitchell
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Yes, Minister (1980) (series)
Are You Being Served? (1972) (series)
Richard Caldicot
UK
Best series:
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) (series)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) (series)
![Harry Landis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/356/161356564_a7a475.jpg)
Harry Landis
UK
Best series:
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) (series)
![Myrtle Reed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/379/161379414_4ad26b.jpg)
Myrtle Reed
UK
![Sally Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/399/161399018_929b00.jpg)
Sally Douglas
UK
Best series:
Doctor in the House (1969) (series)
Dad's Army (1968) (series)
![Patrick Cargill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442577_1e89ba.jpg)
Patrick Cargill
UK
Best series:
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
Heil Honey, I'm Home (1990) (series)
![Bruce Wightman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/474/161474761_9c62da.jpg)
Bruce Wightman
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![George Roderick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476281_685eeb.jpg)
George Roderick
UK
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
The Benny Hill Show (1969) (series)
![Peter Gilmore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476632_d9d4d2.jpg)
Peter Gilmore
German Empire
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Manions of America (1981) (series)
![Terry Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476891_908b7c.jpg)
Terry Scott
UK
Best series:
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Danger Mouse (1981) (series)
![Graham Stark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/529/161529918_928c06.jpg)
Graham Stark
UK
Best series:
Benny Hill (1962) (series)
Moonacre (1994) (series)
![Patrick Newell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/530/161530468_6c3b3f.jpg)
Patrick Newell
UK
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
Malcom Watson
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![Noel Trevarthen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/564/161564072_c4f7ae.jpg)
Noel Trevarthen
New Zealand
Best series:
The Saint (1962) (series)
Under the Mountain (1982) (series)
Anzacs (1985) (series)
![Kevin Brennan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/564/161564101_7c4f9a.jpg)
Kevin Brennan
Australia
Best series:
The Saint (1962) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
![Barry Linehan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/565/161565295_344987.jpg)
Barry Linehan
Ireland
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Dad's Army (1968) (series)
Edward Caddick
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)