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The Gathering Seed

TV·1983–1983·1 season, 6 episodes·BBC Two·Drama·55m·Created by Jim Allen

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The saga of Manchester lad Joe Henshaw, a story that takes in family life, the trials and tribulations of the Labour movement and World War Two

Castfull cast & details

David ThrelfallDavid ThrelfallJoe HenshawGilly ComanGilly ComanIrene KilbrideBrenda FrickerBrenda FrickerKitty HenshawKaren MeagherKaren MeagherPeggy HenshawJames EllisJames EllisJim LarkinCaroline HutchisonCaroline HutchisonSarah GoldmanPeter KerriganPeter KerriganFred PawseyNiall BuggyNiall BuggyFather Healy

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1983Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1September 7, 1983—A bare-knuckle fight on a patch of waste ground. A hard, bruising, savage battle between Welsh Dave and Jim Larkin - who is watched and hero
  2. S01E02Episode 2September 14, 1983—The war is over, and in the General Election the Labour Party has swept to a colossal victory. Joe Henshaw , home on leave, joins the VJ nig
  3. S01E03Episode 3September 21, 1983—After demob, a restless Joe Henshaw returns to Collyhurst. The Kilbride family is in trouble - Martin is still in Strangeways, Martha is bad
  4. S01E04Episode 4September 28, 1983—A dispute on the site, and the employers bring in scab labour. The attempt to make the strike official involves Joe once more with Sarah
  5. S01E05Episode 5October 5, 1983—The strike going badly; a sudden illness; and a career taking off. Joe is learning fast, but the lessons are uncomfortable ones.
  6. S01E06Episode 6October 12, 1983—Joe is torn between Sarah's ambitions, Pawsey's idealism and Martin's schemes for making money. But it is to be through his grandfather that

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