The Gathering Seed (1983)

Creator: Jim Allen

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

Cast

David Threlfall

Joe Henshaw

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

Tony Westrope

Martin Kilbride

Rita May

Martha Kilbride