The Gathering Seed
1983 - 1983
Episode 1
7th September 1983Episode 1
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-worshipped by his grandson, the 13-year-old Joe Henshaw. But Joe's childhood is soon to come to a shattering end.Episode 2
14th September 1983Episode 2
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 night celebrations.Episode 3
21st September 1983Episode 3
After demob, a restless Joe Henshaw returns to Collyhurst. The Kilbride family is in trouble - Martin is still in Strangeways, Martha is badly in debt and Irene has disappeared. Joe sets out to find herEpisode 4
28th September 1983Episode 4
A dispute on the site, and the employers bring in scab labour. The attempt to make the strike official involves Joe once more with SarahEpisode 5
5th October 1983Episode 5
The strike going badly; a sudden illness; and a career taking off. Joe is learning fast, but the lessons are uncomfortable ones.Episode 6
12th October 1983Episode 6
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 he makes the significant discovery.Top Cast
Director
Tom Clegg
Writer
Jim Allen
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
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