Country of origin United Kingdom Running time 30 minutes First episode date 24 May 1968 Network BBC One Genre Sitcom | No. of episodes 7 Original network BBC1 Final episode date 10 February 1969 Number of episodes 7 | |
Starring Barbara Windsor
Penelope Keith
Pat Coombs
Daphne Heard
Joan Sanderson
Derek Francis
Ronnie Stevens
Anna Karen
Paul Whitsun-Jones Original release 24 May 1968 – 10 February 1969 Cast Barbara Windsor, Anna Karen, Pat Coombs, Penelope Keith, Joan Sanderson Similar The Rag Trade (1961), Don't Drink the Water, Yus - My Dear, Meet the Wife, Take a Letter - Mr Jones | ||
Wild, Wild Women was a British sitcom that aired on BBC from 1968 to 1969. Made in black-and-white, it starred Barbara Windsor and was written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney.
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This period sitcom, set in 1902, was a variation of The Rag Trade, which was also written by Chesney and Wolfe. Barbara Windsor, who also starred in The Rag Trade, played Millie, a cockney woman who led the women in a milliner's shop. The storylines focused around the conflict between the female workers and the management, Mr Harcourt and his apprentice Albert. Reflecting the mood of Britain in the late 1960s, the women adopted a new feisty spirit not seen in most characters in The Rag Trade. In the pilot the women were shown as strong supporters of the suffragette movement, but it was decided not to make much of this in the series.
The series failed to attract the same popularity as The Rag Trade, and was decommissioned after the first series. Only episode 3 still exists.