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5.6/10 TV Written by W. O. Mitchell Original language(s) English No. of episodes 13 | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre dramatic Country of origin Canada No. of seasons 1 First episode date December 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Nominations Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Dramatic Series Cast Shaun Johnston, Patricia Harras, Robert Clothier, Julie Khaner, Fred Keating Similar The Dinosaur Hunter, Da Vinci's Inquest, The Magic of Herself the Elf, Strawberry Shortcake and the B, A Cosmic Christmas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jake and the Kid is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television in 1961.
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Premise
Adaptations W. O. Mitchell's Jake and the Kid stories were broadcast on CBC Radio between 1949 and 1954. CBC Television produced this 13-part series featuring Jake Trumper (Murray Westgate), the Kid (Rex Hagon) and Ma (Frances Tobias), MacTaggart (Robert Christie), Repeat Golightly (Eric House) and Sam Gatenby (Alex Mckee) in the community of Crocus, Saskatchewan.
In 1995, another television series was commissioned by Canwest Global, with a cast including Robert Clothier, Fred Keating, Shaun Johnston, Julie Khaner, Patricia Harras, Marty Chan, Eric House and Ben Campbell. The series debuted on December 16, 1995, with the final episode airing May 2, 1999. A total of 26 episodes were broadcast over two seasons.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 4 July to 19 September 1961.
An unsuccessful attempt by the National Film Board of Canada to produce a full season of Jake and the Kid series for the CBC resulted in only one production, "Political Dynamite" which was broadcast as a CBC Television special on 23 June 1963. Here, John Drainie portrayed Jake as he did for the CBC Radio series, while Tony Haig was cast as the Kid.