Jake and the Kid
CBC
CBC · 1950–1956
Broadcasts
1
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1950
The run
- Network
- CBC
- Years active
- 1950–1956
- Surviving broadcasts
- 1
- Genre
- drama
Adapted by W. O. Mitchell from his own short stories, Jake and the Kid ran on CBC radio through the 1950s with John Drainie as Jake. Only scattered episodes survive in public hands.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
1 dated broadcasts across 77 years on the air, with 76 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
- 01
The Last Train Out
4 Aug 2026 · 52 min
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Also on CBC
CBC in 1950–1956
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Same seasons
drama on the air then
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