The Gathering Seed - Season 1

First aired: 9/7/1983 6 episodes
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Episodes

1. Episode 1

Aired: 9/7/1983

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.

2. Episode 2

Aired: 9/14/1983

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.

3. Episode 3

Aired: 9/21/1983

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

4. Episode 4

Aired: 9/28/1983

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

5. Episode 5

Aired: 10/5/1983

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

6. Episode 6

Aired: 10/12/1983

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.