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Jake and the Kid is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on the CanWest Global system of stations in the 1990s. The second television adaptation of W. O. Mitchell's 1961 short story collection Jake and the Kid, the series is set in the small town of Crocus, Saskatchewan, and centres on the friendship between Ben "the Kid" Osborne, a young boy growing up on a farm with his widowed mother Julia, and Jake Trumper, a farmhand who becomes Ben's surrogate father figure.
Original Release
12/16/1995
US Release
12/16/1995
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Shaun Johnston | Jake / Jake Trumper |
| Ben Campbell | Ben Osborne |
| Patricia Harras | Julia Osborne / Julia Osborned |
| Fred Keating | Repeat Golightly |
| Brian Taylor | Albert Ricky |
| Lorne Cardinal | Moses Lefthand |
| Warren Ward | Lazarus Lefthand |
| Jenny Cooper | Molly Gattenby / Molly |
| Henry Ramer | Adult Ben |
| Marty Chan | Henry |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fire | Sunday, 11 October 1998 |
| 2 | The Difference Between Corn and People | Sunday, 18 October 1998 |
| 3 | The Sky's the Limit | Sunday, 25 October 1998 |
| 4 | Rituals | Sunday, 01 November 1998 |
| 5 | The Great Uranium Caper | Sunday, 08 November 1998 |
| 6 | What's Real | Sunday, 14 February 1999 |
| 7 | Special Delivery | Sunday, 21 February 1999 |
| 8 | The Runaways | Sunday, 28 February 1999 |
| 9 | Crossroads | Sunday, 07 March 1999 |
| 10 | The Boxer | Sunday, 11 April 1999 |
| 11 | The Circus | Sunday, 18 April 1999 |
| 12 | The Ship | Sunday, 25 April 1999 |
| 13 | The Wedding |
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Directors
Francis Damberger, T.W. Peacocke, Arvi Liimatainen, Alex Chapple, Anne Wheeler, Otta Hanus, Richard J. Lewis, Jon Cassar, Stuart Margolin, Don McCutcheon
Writers
W.O. Mitchell, Laura Phillips, Scot Morison, Anna Rehak, Scott McPherson, Renata Bright, Sondra Kelly, Marty Chan, Heather Conkie, Kelly Rebar, Martin Kinch, David Young, Peter Mitchell, Ann MacNaughton
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Shaun Johnston | Jake / Jake Trumper |
| Ben Campbell | Ben Osborne |
| Patricia Harras | Julia Osborne / Julia Osborned |
| Fred Keating | Repeat Golightly |
| Brian Taylor | Albert Ricky |
| Lorne Cardinal | Moses Lefthand |
| Warren Ward | Lazarus Lefthand |
| Jenny Cooper | Molly Gattenby / Molly |
| Henry Ramer | Adult Ben |
| Marty Chan | Henry |
| Joe Norman Shaw | Adult Ben |
| Tom Cavanagh | Paul Krause |
| Chad Krowchuk | Jackie Whitbread / Tim Walker |
| Edanna Andrews | Katya Melnyk |
| Michael Hogan | Gate |
| Marianne Copithorne | Sophia Melnyk / Norma Weatherby |
| Julie Khaner | Emily / Emily Henchpaw |
| Michael Spencer-Davis | Bogdan Melnyk / Well-Dressed Man |
| Robert Clothier | Daddy Johnson |
| David McNally | Greg |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ron Singer | Executive Producer |
| Andy Thomson | Executive Producer |
| Michael Hirsh | Executive Producer |
| Joseph Green | Executive Producer |
| Patrick Loubert | Executive Producer |
| Peter Lhotka | Producer |
| Laura Phillips | Producer |
| Stephen Hodgins | Producer |
| Arvi Liimatainen | Producer |
| Brian Dooley | Producer |
