Jake and the Kid (TV series)


Jake and the Kid is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television in 1961.

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, the Kid and Ma, MacTaggart, Repeat Golightly and Sam Gatenby 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 16 December 1995, with the final episode airing 2 May 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. 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.