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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Key Information
Cast & Crew
Fred Keating
Repeat Golightly
Julie Khaner
Robert Clothier
Shaun Johnston
Jake Trumper (Farmhand)
Patricia Harras
Julia Osborne (widowed mother)
Ben Campbell
Ben Osborne (the Kid)
Lorne Cardinal
Moses Lefthand
Brian Taylor
Albert Ricky
Kyle Mitchell
Bus Boy(uncredited)
Jenny Cooper
Molly Gattenby
Joe Norman Shaw
Adult Ben(voice)
Marty Chan
Henry
Frequently Asked Questions
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...
Jake and The Kid has 2 seasons with 26 episodes.
Jake and The Kid premiered on December 16, 1995.
No, Jake and The Kid has ended. The final episode aired on May 2, 1999.
Jake and The Kid has a rating of 0.0/10 based on user reviews.
Jake and The Kid is classified as Drama, Family.