Jake and The Kid
- 1995 – 1999
- Ended
- Drama · Family
- ~1h / ep
- 2 seasons
- 8.0/10
Life in Crocus as seen through the eyes of a young lad, Ben, and his friend Jake. Jake and the Kid is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on the CanWest Global system of stations in the 1990s. The second (1995) 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 (Ben Campbell), a young boy growing up on a farm with his widowed mother Julia (Patricia Harras), and Jake Trumper (Shaun Johnston), a farmhand who becomes Ben's surrogate father figure.
Latest: Season 2 · 1998
View all seasonsE1. The Fire
Oct 11, 1998 · 60m
While trying to prove that he is grown-up enough to drive a tractor, Ben accidentally starts a prairie grass fire that traps him and threatens the town.
E2. The Difference Between Corn and People
Oct 18, 1998 · 60m
Paul, the new schoolteacher, competes with Jake for Julia's affections while they stage a town production of ""Romeo and Juliet"". Meanwhile, Ben breaks his arm while showing off in front of his buddies.
E3. The Sky's the Limit
Oct 25, 1998 · 60m
E4. Rituals
Nov 1, 1998 · 60m
E5. The Great Uranium Caper
Nov 8, 1998 · 60m
E6. What's Real
Feb 14, 1999 · 60m
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