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

Drama

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)

Dave Hill

(Dennis Kilbride)

Christine Hargreaves

(Lizzie Scanlon)

Bill Dean

(Billy Eccles)

Peter Martin

(Danny)

Paul Copley

(Bob Henshaw)

Tommy Summers

(Gorman)

Mike Hayden

(Les Killien)

Peter Schofield

(Tom McCabe MP)

Toby Salaman

(Sam Goldman)

Tony Haygarth

(1st Slater)

Chris Darwin

(2nd Slater)

Joey Kaye

(3rd Slater)