Jake and the Kid (1961 TV series)

Canadian television series

Canadian TV series or program

Jake and the Kid

Genre| dramatic
Written by| W. O. Mitchell
Country of origin| Canada
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 13
Production
Executive producer| Raymond Whitehouse
Producers| Ron Weyman
David Gardner
Running time| 30 minutes
Release
Original network| CBC Television
Original release| 4 July (1961-07-04) –
19 September 1961 (1961-09-19)

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

## Premise[edit]

Adaptations of 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 (Murray Westgate), the Kid (Rex Hagon) and Ma (Frances Tobias), MacTaggart (Robert Christie), Repeat Golightly (Eric House) and Sam Gatenby (Alex McKee) in the community of Crocus, Saskatchewan.[1]

A new version of the series, Jake and the Kid, aired in the 1990s.

## Scheduling[edit]

This half-hour series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) 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.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Jake and the Kid". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

## External links[edit]

* Allan, Blaine (1996). "Jake and the Kid". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 4 November 1996. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
* Jake and the Kid at IMDb
* Jake and the Kid at IMDb

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