TV series
Jake and The Kid
1995–1999 · 2 seasons
A gentle, nostalgic slice of rural life, seen through a boy's eyes, with warmth and quiet emotional depth.
- Created by
- Alex Chapple, Arvi Liimatainen
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Starring
- Fred Keating, Julie Khaner, Robert Clothier
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Family, friendship, coming-of-age, parenthood
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Alex Chapple, Arvi Liimatainen
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Starring
- Fred Keating, Julie Khaner, Robert Clothier
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