Jake and The Kid
AmazonLife 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.
Cast (85)
Directors
Writers
W.O. Mitchell
Writer
Ages 81-85
Laura Phillips
Writer
Scot Morison
Writer
Scott McPherson
Writer
Ages 32-35
Anna Rehak
Writer
Heather Conkie
Writer
Sondra Kelly
Writer
Marty Chan
Writer
Ages 30-33
Renata Bright
Writer
Martin Kinch
Writer
Ann MacNaughton
Writer
Kelly Rebar
Writer
David Young
Writer
Ages 49-52
Peter Mitchell
Writer
Original Language
en
Production Companies
CanWest Global system