ON THIS DAY in 1977 the British sitcom THE RAG TRADE first aired on ITV 📺 after transferring from BBC where it was first broadcast between 1961 and 1963. 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. The series starred many well known actors and actresses including the