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The Gathering Seed

1983 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Ended · BBC Two

Drama

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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

Episodes

  • S01E01Episode 11983-09-0755m

    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.

  • S01E02Episode 21983-09-1455m

    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.

  • S01E03Episode 31983-09-2155m

    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

  • S01E04Episode 41983-09-2855m

    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

  • S01E05Episode 51983-10-0555m

    The strike going badly; a sudden illness; and a career taking off. Joe is learning fast, but the lessons are uncomfortable ones.

  • S01E06Episode 61983-10-1255m

    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.

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