The Gathering Seed

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

• Jim AllenWriter
• Tom CleggDirector

• David ThrelfallJoe Henshaw
• Gilly ComanIrene Kilbride
• Brenda FrickerKitty Henshaw
• Karen MeagherPeggy Henshaw
• James EllisJim Larkin
• Caroline HutchisonSarah Goldman
• Peter KerriganFred Pawsey
• Niall BuggyFather Healy
• Tony WestropeMartin Kilbride
• Rita MayMartha Kilbride
• Dave HillDennis Kilbride
• Christine HargreavesLizzie Scanlon