The Gathering Seed

Gilly Coman

Irene Kilbride

Brenda Fricker

Kitty Henshaw

Karen Meagher

Peggy Henshaw

James Ellis

Jim Larkin

Caroline Hutchison

Sarah Goldman

Peter Kerrigan

Fred Pawsey

Niall Buggy

Father Healy

Rita May

Martha Kilbride

Dave Hill

Dennis Kilbride

Christine Hargreaves

Lizzie Scanlon

Bill Dean

Billy Eccles

Peter Martin

Danny

Paul Copley

Bob Henshaw

Tony Haygarth

1st Slater

Seasons

Season 1

6 episodes

Premiered Sep 7, 1983

Episodes

1–6 of 6

Ep 1

Episode 1

Sep 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-worshipped by his grandson, the 13-year-old Joe Henshaw. But Joe's childhood is soon to come to a shattering end.

Ep 2

Episode 2

Sep 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 night celebrations.

Ep 3

Episode 3

Sep 21, 1983

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

Ep 4

Episode 4

Sep 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

Ep 5

Episode 5

Oct 5, 1983

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

Ep 6

Episode 6

Oct 12, 1983