The Gathering Seed

Season 1

1983 · 6 episodes · 5h 30m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Episode 1

   7 Sept 1983 · 55 min

   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.

2. 2

   2. Episode 2

   14 Sept 1983 · 55 min

   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.

3. 3

   3. Episode 3

   21 Sept 1983 · 55 min

   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

4. 4

   4. Episode 4

   28 Sept 1983 · 55 min

   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. 5

   5. Episode 5

   5 Oct 1983 · 55 min

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

6. 6

   6. Episode 6

   12 Oct 1983 · 55 min

   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.