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The Gathering Seed (1983)
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
Writing:
- Jim Allen
Release Date:
Wed, Sep 07, 1983
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 55
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 55
David Threlfall
Joe Henshaw
Gilly Coman
Irene Kilbride
Brenda Fricker
Kitty Henshaw
Karen Meagher
Peggy Henshaw
James Ellis
Jim Larkin
Christine Hargreaves
Lizzie Scanlon
Caroline Hutchison
Sarah Goldman
Peter Kerrigan
Fred Rowsey
Rita May
Martha Kilbride
Bill Dean
Billy Eccles
Season 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.
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.
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 her
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
The strike going badly; a sudden illness; and a career taking off. Joe is learning fast, but the lessons are uncomfortable ones.
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.
