Arcadia Content

Development Slate

2024/2025

Arcadia Entertainment produces popular and entertaining Unscripted TV programming that travels.

We are a ‘360’ company doing all aspects of our work from development to graphics and music in a creative hive in Halifax.

We specialize in, and love to work on, modest budget, returnable, “Charming Cheapie” series.

We’ve successfully produced and delivered over 500 hours of global programming since 2001.

We’re creative and we care about making great shows for curious audiences.

Recent work 2023

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Season 3

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Returning Series

Mega Marine Machines

13 X 1 HOUR 4K High-Tech OCean Adventure SERIES

These are the mega marine machines being built to take on the biggest challenges of our ocean planet's waves, waters, storms, and depths.

If We Built It Today

8 X 1 HOUR 4K SCIENCE/MYSTERY SERIES

A creative journey where dreamers, designers, and builders are

rethinking our most iconic places.

Vikings II - Mediterranean

6 X 1 HOUR 4K High-Tech OCean Adventure SERIES

After conquering audiences with its riveting journey across the Atlantic, "Viking Odyssey" is back to raise the stakes and the sails. Season 2 takes our modern-day Draken and its intrepid crew through the Mediterranean's labyrinthine history. From Norway's icy fjords to the sun-soaked coasts of North Africa, the series dives into legendary battles, breathtaking archeological sites, and the intriguing hypothesis that Viking descendants may have unwittingly been the explorers in Columbus's crew. Scholarly insights, high-stakes adventure, and good old Norse audacity sail into a six-episode saga you won't want to miss.

HOPE: The Next Generation

10 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

In this documentary series Hope faces the biggest challenge of her career - how to end it. Hopeful candidates representing all aspects of Canada take on the challenge to help, struggling with the rescue & rehab as they work to imagine themselves becoming leaders in the world of wildlife care.

Ghost Ships Season II

9 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

Ocean adventurers explore shipwrecks, unsettled spirits, treasure, and ocean mysteries on dark and dangerous seas.

Science

If It Happened Today

13 x 1 HOUR 4K FACTUAL (RETURNABLE)

What’s the worst that could happen? Meet the people who will save us

from tomorrow’s mega disasters

and learn how they’ll do it.

Growing Giants

13 x 1 HOUR 4K FACTUAL (RETURNABLE)

A quirky, fun and information-filled, self-contained or serial, big character-driven, factual series revealing the science, secrets, and shocking successes of growing giant food.

7 x 1 HOUR 4K (RETURNABLE)

What would you do if you had access to a fleet of the most innovative personal submersible technology?

What we want to do is explore the

7 Wonders of the Underwater World.

We Were Wrong About...

13 x 1 HOUR 4K FACTUAL (RETURNABLE)

Rejected theories, obsolete arts, messed up ideas, baffling beliefs, and some of the silliest thoughts ever thought by smart people.

Selling Science

13 X 1 HOUR 4K (RETURNABLE)

Young scientists with big ideas get makeover help to connect their work to a skeptical public

Legends Vs Latest

13 X 1/2 HOUR 4K SERIES

Clever competitions and daring duels to compare the most coveted

classic gear in the world to

its modern counterpart.

Expedition

Kolossal

6 X 1 HOUR 4K

Jewel Quest

6 X 1 HOUR 4K Returnable

A visually stunning, action-packed series that will take viewers on a thrilling journey to the depths of Antarctica. A mix of science, adventure, and personal drama, to find and film the first colossal squid in nature ahead of the 100th anniversary of its discovery

Survival expert MEgan Hine takes Celeb women across the globe on epic searches for modern minerals, gems, and gold...

But the real treasure is what they learn and share about life and living along the way.

Contemporary History & Mystery

Declassified

13 X 1 HOUR RETURNABLE 4K TV SERIES

With the idea of Declassified Secrets in the news every day this series explores Newly Declassified government documents and programs revealing long held secrets about the world we live in.

After the Disaster: Challenger

6 X 1 HOUR 4K DOCU-DRAMA SERIES

Based on newly declassified reports:

The story of how a failed space mission led to the greatest undersea expedition ever, and the worst race-the-clock public relations crisis in history.

The epic search for Challenger, solving the mystery of a mega-disaster, and raising heroes from the deep.

Treasure Wars

6 X 1 HOUR 4K ONGOING SERIES

Stories from the golden age of treasure hunting (60's-80's). The epic stories of finding lost treasure, from the circumstances that began the search, into the trials and tribulations of treasure hunting, through to the discovery and the painful consequences that

often follow.

History & Mystery

Secrets of the Assassins

1 X 1 HOUR 4K special

A lost era of learning, Secret science and technology, Sex and drugs. Epic adventures.

Ultimate warriors trained in the art of disguise.

A new type of fighter who will change the world.

Secrets of the Assassins follows the story of the most famous Assassin of all, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, known in the west as "The Old Man Of The Mountain" and how his teaching has been the guide for 1,000 years for warfare right up to today's current conflicts... and most popular video games.

Grail Quest

10 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

An ex-CIA officer leads a team of experienced global adventurers searching through the scrapheap of history, a labyrinth of myth and mystery, on a search for the Holy Grail.

Forbidden Books of the Bible

3 X 1 HOUR 4K ONGOING SERIES

For nearly 2,000 years the bible has been edited to keep out bombastic ancient stories and ideas. But the characters, plots, themes, and ideas of these forbidden books are more well known today than many details of the actual bible and you’ll be surprised to find you know more about them than you think because they are found in plot lines of almost every supernatural, sci-fi, and horror film you’ve ever seen.

Crime and investigation

6 X 1 HOUR 4K SERIES

Canada’s most infamous art and antiquities thief has reportedly died, and his death -- much like his life -- remains shrouded in mystery.

Dark Triad

FEATURE LENGTH 4K DOCUMENTARY AND 1 HOUR TV SPECIAL

New research into the darkest corners of personality disorders reveals how human monsters are born.

Follow The Money

6 X 1 HOUR 4K ONGOING SERIES

Over six complex, deep dive hours, this series reveals Canada's kingdom of money laundering through big characters, big deals, big fish that got away, whistleblowers, leading experts working to get heard, and a new Canadian commission report with 200 witnesses who all point the finger at the police, at the banks,

at the government, and at us.

Food Crimes

6 X 1 HOUR 4K ONGOING SERIES

In the history of weird-ass food thievery, crime is reaching a boiling point. This series explores the characters involved in the biggest, stranges, haute cuisine heists ever.

Greatest Canadian Decective

6 X 1 HOUR 4K ONGOING SERIES

Ten armchair investigators take on challenging mysteries,

competing to become the

Greatest Canadian Detective.

Specials

After the Disaster: Challenger

6 X 1 HOUR 4K DOCU-DRAMA SERIES

1945

4 X 1 HOUR 4K BLUE CHIP, CINEMATIC, LIMITED SERIES

Templar's Treasures

6 X 1 HOUR 4K ONGOING SERIES

The epic search for Challenger, solving the mystery of a mega-disaster, and raising heroes from the deep.

How the war's end rebuilt and shaped the modern world from the perspective of the kids who were there to witness it and the wonder years that followed.

Inside the CIA's Museum of Secrets

Follow the money - a mystic trail to Templar sites across the globe to separate fact, fantasy, and fortune.

4 X 1 HOUR 4K

Located inside the US intelligence agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the museum collection has just been renovated to mark the agency's 75th anniversary. We're given exclusive access no available to the public. Our mission is to tell the story of agency through it's collection of some of the most iconic and infamous objects ever assembled

Big Characters

Music: The Secret Science

13 X 1 HOUR 4K RETURNABLE

No one is more influential

in the music world than Ted Gioia.

Ted travels the globe with the biggest and most interesting names in the music industry, unconvering insights into how music works -

its hidden history, science, and

how it's the best tool we have for

predicting the future.

Imagine Parts Unknown, but

more provocative and in search of

how music makes the modern world.

California Bus

8 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

A self-contained factual program that rides with the classic bus subculture.

Robert Skinner is America's guy for the restoration and preservation of vintage buses. Over the series, Robert uses all the resources and connections he has to help passionate people resurrect, rebuild,

and road-trip

amazing classic buses.

Jewel Quest

6 X 1 HOUR 4K ONGOING SERIES

Survival Expert Megan Hine takes celeb women on epic adventures to hunt for gems and gold. But the real treasure is what they learn and share about life and living along the way.

Culture

Music: The Secret Science

13 X 1 HOUR 4K RETURNABLE

No one is more influential

in the music world than Ted Gioia.

Ted travels the globe with the biggest and most interesting names in the music industry, unconvering insights into how music works -

its hidden history, science, and

how it's the best tool we have for

predicting the future.

Imagine Parts Unknown, but

more provocative and in search of

how music makes the modern world.

How Arguments Work

6 X 1 HOUR 4K SPECIALIST FACTUAL SERIES

What We Believe

6 X 1 HOUR 4K SPECIALIST FACTUAL SERIES

How humans argue to change their minds and change the world is explored through a dramatic analysis of the greatest arguments of all time..

An ex-CIA covert operations manager

and global intelligence expert takes us on a deep personal journey into the ultimate question, What is Truth?

It's a sometimes dark and often surprising quest through strange stories to challenge our capacity for understanding the world's biggest dramas, our most personal and intimate struggles, and our greatest faults.

Documentary Access

Global Origins

4 x 1 hour 4K SPECIALIST FACTUAL SERIES

A Pulitzer Prize winning NYT Journalist shares the experiences of Emmigrants setting out for new lives.

A series about the people who will soon be our new neighbors. It's about where they're coming from - geographically and in their minds.

It's about change and about the future.

Inside the CIA's Museum of Secrets

4 X 1 HOUR 4K

Ex-CIA investigator Mike Baker takes us inside the world's most top secret museum to tell the story of the CIA and incredible characters through a collection of unusual and often bizzare objects.

Located inside the US intelligence agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the museum collection has just been renovated to mark the agency's 75th anniversary. We're given exclusive access no available to the public. Our mission is to tell the story of agency through it's collection of some of the most iconic and infamous objects ever assembled

Food

The Campfire Cook

10 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

Walk rural roadsides to adventure.

Join Masterchef All-Star Andy Hay by the fire as he discovers delicious recipes for fulfilling country life.

10 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

A quirky, fun and information filled, self-contained, big character-driven factual series revealing the science, secrets, and shocking successes

of growing giant food.

Harvest

Food Crimes

1 hour x returnable series

6 X 1 HOUR 4K ONGOING SERIES

Join in the harvest to share the biggest challenges, problems and joys of getting the world's most storied crops from field to market under extreme deadlines and high stakes.

In the history of weird-ass food thievery, crime is reaching a boiling point. This series explores the characters involved in the biggest, stranges, haute cuisine heists ever.

Three pro chefs compete to please the pickiest eater in the house and end family food fights.

Wildlife & Natural History

HOPE: The Next Generation

8 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

In this lightly structured competition series, hopeful candidates representing all aspects of Canada take on the challenge and struggles of the

rescue & rehab as they work to imagine themselves becoming leaders in the world of wildlife care.

Raccoon Rescue

10 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

How do we live with the wildlife in our lives? How do we understand our nearest animal neighbours... especially when they are being terrible? We follow the story from both sides and everyone tries to get along.

This Country Life

13 X 1 HOUR 4K FACTUAL SERIES

It's a real-life, modern-day, ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Set against the bucolic backdrop of rural Nova Scotia

with the staff of "Canada's Vet clinic of the year 2022"

And their diverse, lovable, laughable, country clients.

They’re cute, cuddly, fierce and free, but they need a little help. We're rescuing, rehabing, and releasing baby orphaned animals that are

Born To Be Wild.

Occu-Docs

The Biggest Bang

13 x 1 HOUR PLUS A 1 HOUR ‘BEST OF’ SPECIAL

Wild Sea Whales

8 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

Lords of the Ocean

13 X 1 HOUR 4K FACTUAL SERIES

A factual science and technology series that follows the rising stars of the fireworks world.

Family businesses competing

in the wildest whale watching sanctuary on Earth.

Two brothers build new machines to meet big challenges on the ocean

and use all the amped up gear to explore the ocean mysteries and treasures they’ve always heard of.

Billion Dollar Catch

13 X 1 HOUR 4K FACTUAL SERIES

This Country Life

13 X 1 HOUR 4K FACTUAL SERIES

It's a two billion dollar a year business. Meet the brokers who connect East Coast fishermen of every type with world markets. It's a high stakes race - against the sea, against time, and against each other.

Somewhere between DEADLIEST CATCH and SUCCESSION, this new factual OCC-DOC series gets inside the lives of the wealthiest old East Coast fishing families, some new upstarts, and some 'outside the lines' loners.

It's a real-life, modern-day, ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Set against the bucolic backdrop of rural Nova Scotia

with the staff of "Canada's Vet clinic of the year 2022"

And their diverse, lovable, laughable, country clients.

Kids

Pet Detectives

13 x HALF HOUR ANIMATED SERIES

Time Trippers

13 x 22 MINUTES ANIMATED Series

A group of amped up neighborhood kids with some special skills create contraptions to outsmart an apparently mythological villain

and recover lost pets.

When important things start to disappear from the world, like pizza, teenage twins Mo and Kai engage their mom's time travel tech to find a messed up moment in history, set it straight, and return home, hopefully in time for dinner... ummm pizza!

Argonaut Academy

13 x 1/2 hour returnable series

A supernatural undersea adventure series following the lives of a crew of kids mysteriously chosen to attend a sea school where they compete for positions aboard the exploration ship Argo.

Charming Cheapies

Illuminati Confirmed

13 X HALF HOUR, RETURNABLE, REPEATABLE,

ENTERTAINMENT, CONSPIRACY, NEW INFORMATION, 4K SERIES

IT's the TMZ of conspiricies and mysteries. Expert investigators and passionate pundits analyze the latest new ideas and information on the world's most puzzling myths, mysteries, conspiracies, true crime, cover-ups, coincidences, and realities.

Overdrives

13 EPISODE 4K AERIAL-ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Overdrives explores the

world's most famous

highways and back roads

from above.

How We Got

13 X 1/2 HOUR 4K RETURNABLE SERIES

Let's take a wild ride to reveal the twisted truth about How We Got all the stuff that makes the world modern. Under the hood, this is a series that offers a connected view of change, a new way of looking at science, history, creativity, and innovation.

Machines

Mad Machines

10 X 1 HOUR 4K SERIES

Stories of the wild rides, customized creations and creative contraptions people around the world have come up with in our never-ending crazy love affair with machines.

Legends Vs Latest

13 X 1/2 HOUR 4K SERIES

Clever competitions and daring duels to compare the most coveted

classic gear in the world to

its modern counterpart.

Mega Makers

13 X 1 HOUR 4K returnable SERIES

This is a science and engineering series about the creative minds coming up with BIG machines to solve BIG problems in the world of work. Uniquely, the series looks beyond individual machines to reveal how mega makers create the complex armies of machines that take on the future's greatest chalenges.

Light Competition

The Great Canadian

Toboggan Race

6 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

Greatest Canadian Detective

8 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY COMPETITION SERIES

How To Get Over

Your Fear of Sharks

6 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY SERIES

Teams of friends from across Canada are coming together face to face to set the pace in the Great Canadian Toboggan Race.

Could this be the most Canadian show ever?

Ten armchair investigators take on challenging mysteries,

competing to become the

Greatest Canadian Detective.

Five contestants are helped by their friends to overcome their fear of sharks so they can fulfill their dreams. In each episode, the fearful five, working with multi-disciplinary experts, undertake increasing challenges to get to a place where they can truely face their greatest fears.

DATING

Honey Do

8 X 1 HOUR 4K REALITY COMPETITION SERIES

Imagine The Bachelorette meets Rundown Home Reno Shows.

Welcome to love in the real world. Where romance meets wrenches and dancing floors turn into household chores.

If your ‘love language’ is getting s#*t done, this show is for you. "HONEY DO" blends romance with reno reality and redefines the dating show rules.

Documentary

How Arguments Work

Inside the CIA Museum

6 X 1 HOUR 4K SPECIALIST FACTUAL SERIES

4 X 1 HOUR 4K SPECIALIST FACTUAL SERIES

How humans argue, change their minds, and change the world.

Ex-CIA investigator Mike Baker takes us inside the world's most top secret museum to tell the story of the CIA and incredible characters through a collection of unusual

and often bizzare objects.

Secret Science of Good and Evil

2 hour 4K SPECIALIST FACTUAL SERIES

Exploring the science of good and evil through astonishing and famous experiements and stories of the experiences of some of the best and worst people in history.

Lifestyle, PETS, & Vets

A Bus For Us

8 x 1 HOUR 4K REturnable LIFESTYLE SERIES

Dog Dynasty

13 x 1 HOUR 4K REturnable LIFESTYLE SERIES

Planet Paws

13 x 1 HOUR 4K REturnable LIFESTYLE SERIES

A Bus For Us is a series about the rescue, restoration, rehabilitation, and roading of amazing vintage VW buses for families who dream about them.

Doggie DNA Decoded in heartwarming fun, fact, and fur-filled stories of families digging deep to understand why their dogs are the way they are.

The world’s most popular and trusted dog healthcare advocates explore what the good life looks like… for dogs… solving their modern problems by digging into their history.

FROM ABOVE

Overdrives

Canada From Above

13 EPISODE 4K AERIAL-ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARY SERIES

6 EPISODE 4K AERIAL-ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Battlefields from Above

13 EPISODE 4K AERIAL-ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Overdrives explores the

world's most famous

highways and back roads

from above.

Heartwarming, smart, and stunningly beautiful. It's an inspiring aerial exploration combined with unique insights for a curious world waiting to discover Canada. It's a 4k curated collection of the most spectacular aerial images of Canada the world has never seen before.

An aerial investiation series offering viewers a unique new perspective on the world's most fmous snd infamous battles in history.

SCRIPTED

Fool's Gold

6 EPISODE 4K 1/2 Hour Comedy Series

When two best friends, Sam and Jack, take a trip to Nova Scotia to visit Oak Island, they stumble upon a quirky scuba club filled with eccentric characters and embark on a comedic treasure hunt to uncover the secrets of the sea and possibly strike it rich. With a mix of pyshical humor, endearing characters, and a sense of adventure, it is a show that celebrates the joy of friendship, the excitement of exploration, and the beauty of the ocean.

Arcadia Entertainment Inc.

6454 Quinpool Rd. Suite #301

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Development: John Wesley Chisholm

jwc@arcadiatv.com

1.902.225.0763