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📊 Series Specifications
Network BBC Two
Episode Runtime ~55 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 6
Original Language EN
Creator Jim Allen
The Gathering Seed (1983)
Created by Jim Allen
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
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
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
6 Episodes E1 Episode 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.
E2 Episode 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.
E3 Episode 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 her
E4 Episode 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 Sarah
E5 Episode 5
The strike going badly; a sudden illness; and a career taking off. Joe is learning fast, but the lessons are uncomfortable ones.
E6 Episode 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.