Embedded Files
The following is a list of Television shows, productions and commercials that were filmed in Halton Hills.
It is to note that the year appearing next to title is when it was filmed, and not necessarily when it was released.
Gadabout - 1957
Gadabout - 1957
Production Details:
Production Company: CKCO-TV Kitchener
Date: May 24th, 1957
Broadcast Date: May 1957
Location: Acton, Ontario
Director & Interviewer: Ron Hill
Producer: Ron Hill
Camera Operator: Jack Phillips
"Acton was invaded with a television camera, set up at the Bank of Montreal corner, last Friday at noon. CKCO Television, Kitchener, sent Jack Phillips, photographer, and Ron Hill, director and interviewer, to interview some Acton citizens for their program Gadabout. G.A. Dills, editor of the Free Press, first to be intereviewed reviewed the history of Acton and gave the nearest estimate of the population of Halton. He was followed by Wm. Davey, manager of the Bank of Montreal, who gave a brief outline on a few of Acton's industries. Miss Esther Taylor and Lorraine Tyler were asked for their views on Acton."
Excerpt from Acton Free Press; Thursday, May 30th, 1957
Photo Credit: Acton Free Press / Dills Collection
Perspective - Episode: The Editor - 1957
Perspective - Episode: The Editor - 1957
Production Details:
Production Company: The National Film Board of Canada / CBC
Date: October 4th - 12th, 1957
Broadcast Date: 1958
Location: Prospect Park, Beardmore Tannery Office, Mayfair Restaurant, Acton Free Press Office, Mill Street East Acton, Ontario.
Director: Donald Wilder
Producer: David Bairstow
Writer: Charles E. Israel
Camera Operator: Peter Kelly
Sound: Frank Orban
Editing: Stephen Timar
Sound Editing: Kathleen Shannon
Location Manager: James Pearce
The episode, titled The Editor, directed by Donald Wilder, used Acton as a backdrop for the fictional town of Middletown, Ontario, examining some of the reasons the editor of a weekly newspaper commands the respect and attention of loyal readers in small communities across the country.
This particular episode tells the story of an aging editor of a weekly paper, played by Rex Devlin, who printed what he believed when a local issue arose concerning the sacrifice of a public park for an industrial site.
His editorial brought the matter out into the open and, despite controversy, produced results favourable both to the community and to the industry concerned, saving the park and still allowing for industry to come to town on a different site.
Photo shows film crew during production - October 1957
Photo Credit: Dills Collection
Countrytime - 1965
Countrytime - 1965
Production Details:
Production Company: CBLT-TV Toronto / CBC
Date: January 4th - 8th, 1965
Broadcast Date: January 30th, 1965
Location: Roy Thompson's Farm, Georgetown, Ontario
Producer: Rena Elmer
Production Assistant: Jim Ste. Marie
Camera Operator: Stan Clinton & Kanovic
Audio: Gerry King
Countrytime is a Canadian agricultural news and information television program which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1966.
CBLT’s Countrytime show filming at Roy Thompson’s farm - January 1965
Photo Credit: The Georgetown Herald / Esquesing Historical Society
The Olde Hide House Commercials - 1980
The Olde Hide House Commercials - 1980
Production Details:
Production Company for Television: The Olde Hide House
Date: 1980 - early 2000s (Shown on television stations across Ontario)
Location: The Olde Hide House, 49 Eastern Avenue Acton, Ontario
Production Company for Radio: Escarpment Sound Studio / The Olde Hide House
Date: 1986 - 2004 (According to Brian Hewson, his recording studio produced 2,000 spots of "It's Worth the Drive to Acton!")
Location: Acton, Ontario
Featuring: Stu Holloway as the voice of "It's Worth the Drive to Acton!" with tagline developed by Steve Dawkins
Screenshot from an Olde Hide House television commercial, with the famous slogan "It's Worth the Drive to Acton!" - 1983
Photo Credit: Retrontario
Read All About It! - 1981
Read All About It! - 1981
Production Details:
Production Company: TVOntario
Date: August 19th, 1981
Broadcast Date: 1981 (Season 2, Episode 3)
Location: Upper Canada College grounds, Norval, Ontario
Producer & Director: Jeremy Pollock
Writer: Clive Endersby
Actors David Craig Collard and Stacey Arnold filmed with Graham Green for an episode of the TVOntario production of Read All About It! Upper Canada College grounds were the set for a trail in the War of 1812. The series starred David Craig Collard, Stacey Arnold and Graham Green.
Read All About It! is a Canadian educational television series that was produced from 1979 to 1983 by TVOntario. The main goal of the show was to educate viewers in reading, writing and history.
Cast and crew at the Upper Canada College grounds for the filming of an episode of TVOntario's Read All About It! - 1981
Photo Credit: Georgetown Independent / Esquesing Historical Society
Wintario Draw - 1981
Wintario Draw - 1981
Production Details:
Production Company: Global Television Network / Ontario Lottery Corporation
Broadcast Date: November 26th, 1981 (Live)
Location: Acton District High School, 21 Cedar Road Acton, Ontario
Hosts: Faye Dance & Greg Beresford
Beginning in May 1975, Wintario, Ontario's flagship lottery was born. Conceived by Ontario's Progressive Conservative Government, Wintario came from an idea that it could raise money for worthwhile community recreational projects from which the province could benefit. Wintario carried on as a lottery game show for 15 seasons from May 15th, 1975 until January 4th, 1990, raising millions of dollars for community recreational projects.
Wintario booklet and photo of Faye Dance & Greg Beresford - November 1981
Photo Credit: Dills Collection
The Campbells - 1985
The Campbells - 1985
Production Details:
Production Company: Scottish Television (ITV) / CTV
Date: 1985 - 1990
Broadcast Date: 1986 - 1990 (Four seasons, 100 episodes)
Location: Scotsdale Farm Halton Hills, Ontario (Majority of episodes were filmed at this location)
Directors: George Bloomfield & Timothy Bond
Writer: Allan Prior
Producer: John Delmage
Cast:
Malcolm Stoddard as Dr. James Campbell
John Wildman as Neil Campbell
Amber-Lea Weston as Emma Campbell
Eric Richards as John Campbell
Cedric Smith as Captain Thomas Sims
Brigit Wilson as Harriet Sims
Wendy Lyon as Rebecca Sims
Barbara Kyle as Charlotte Logan
Rosemary Dunsmore as Mary McTavish
The Campbells is a period drama television drama series produced by Scottish Television, an affiliate of British television network ITV, and Canadian television network CTV which ran from 1986 to 1990. The series starred Malcolm Stoddard as James Campbell, a Scottish doctor living in 1830s Upper Canada with his three children, seventeen-year-old Neil (John Wildman), fourteen-year old Emma (Amber-Lea Weston) and eleven-year-old John (Eric Richards). Cedric Smith played their neighbor, Captain Sims.
Photo Credit: Scottish Television / CTV
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal - 1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal - 1996
Production Details:
Production Company: Atlantis Films / Alliance Atlantis Communications
Creators: Peter Aykroyd, Christopher Chacon & Peter Ventrella
Developer: James Nadler
Executive Producers: James Nadler & Seaton McLean
Presenter: Dan Aykroyd
Date: 1996 - 2000
Broadcast Date: September 28th, 1996 – May 20th, 2000 (Four seasons, 88 episodes)
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including various episodes at Scotsdale Farm Halton Hills, Ontario
Title Card for Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal - 1996
Photo Credit: Atlantis Films / Alliance Atlantis Communications
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction drama television series which was filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario.
The Canadian Travel Show - 1999
The Canadian Travel Show - 1999
Production Details:
Production Company: Life Network / Global Television Network
Producers: Matt Murphy and Linda Amor
Date: June 1999
Broadcast Date: 1999
Location: Halton Hills, Ontario
Hosts: Ola Sturik and Holly Gillanders
The Canadian Travel Show, a television series first produced for Life Network in 1996, produced 106 episodes that aired in prime time across Canada from 1996 to 2001. In all, 106 half-hour episodes were produced by husband and wife team Matt Murphy and Linda Amor. The series explored the vast country, its people, landscapes, communities and nuances. It was hosted by Ola Sturik and Holly Gillanders.
An excerpt from the Independent & Free Press announcing the Town of Halton Hills to be featured on The Canadian Travel Show; Wednesday, May 26th, 1999.
The show featuring Halton Hills was filmed in June.
Photo Credit: Independent & Free Press / HHPL
CBC National Magazine - 2000
CBC National Magazine - 2000
Production Details:
Production Company: CBC
Producer: Donata Chruscicki
Camera Operator: John Badcock
Date: October 2000
Broadcast Date: November 1st, 2000
Location: Felton Bookbinding Ltd., 348 Guelph Street Georgetown, Ontario
Excerpt from the Independent & Free Press; Wednesday, October 27th, 2000
Photo Credit: Ted Brown - Independent & Free Press / HHPL
Breakfast Television - 2003
Breakfast Television - 2003
Production Details:
Production Company: CITY TV Toronto (CHUM Limited)
Broadcast Date: November 17th, 2003 (Live)
Location: John Elliott Theatre, 9 Church Street Georgetown, Ontario
Host: Jennifer Valentyne
Breakfast Television (BT) is a Canadian morning television program that is broadcast by Citytv. First premiering in 1989, the program originated as the morning show of the network's original station CITY in Toronto.
Excerpt from the Independent & Free Press; Wednesday, November 19th, 2003
Photo Credit: Ted Brown - Independent & Free Press / HHPL
Slings & Arrows - 2005
Slings & Arrows - 2005
Production Details:
Production Company: Rhombus Media / The Movie Network
Director: Peter Wellington
Producer: Sari Friedland
Creators & Writers: Susan Coyne, Bob Martin & Mark McKinney
Date: February 3rd, 2005
Broadcast Date: 2005
Location: Main Street and Yong's Restaurant in downtown Georgetown, Ontario
Cast:
Paul Gross
Martha Burns
Stephen Ouimette
Susan Coyne
Mark McKinney
Slings & Arrows centres around life at a fictional Shakespearean theatre festival in New Burbage, Canada. Each season focuses on The New Burbage Festival's production of a different play. The themes of the play are often juxtaposed with personal and professional conflicts facing the festival's cast and crew. The show aired from 2003 - 2006 on The Movie Network.
Excerpt from the Independent & Free Press; Wednesday, February 4th, 2005
Photo Credit: Ted Brown - Independent & Free Press / HHPL
Orphan Black - 2012
Orphan Black - 2012
Production Details:
Production Company: Temple Street Productions / BBC America / Bell Media
Creators: Graeme Manson & John Fawcett
Producer: Russ Cochrane
Executive Producer: Ivan Schneeberg
Date: 2012-2014
Broadcast Date: March 30th, 2013 - June 21st, 2014 (Season 1 & 2 on Space)
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including Scotsdale Farm Halton Hills, Ontario (used for various investigative and rural scenes)
Title Card for Orphan Black - 2013
Photo Credit: Temple Street Productions
Orphan Black is a Canadian science-fiction thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, one of several genetically identical human clones, and later on some of the other clones.
You Gotta Eat Here - 2015
You Gotta Eat Here - 2015
Production Details:
Production Company: Lone Eagle Entertainment / Food Network
Date: September 1st - 2nd, 2015 & December 6th, 2015
Broadcast Date: May 13th, 2016
Location: Hungry Hollow Smokehouse & Grille, 136 Guelph Street, Unit 4 Georgetown, ON & The Mess Hall Poutinerie, 146 Guelph Street Georgetown, Ontario
Host: John Catucci
Food-obsessed funnyman John Catucci travels across Canada on a journey to find the country's best comfort foods.
Photo shows John Catucci at Hungry Hollow Smokehouse & Grille with patrons Sharon Power and Maria Barbosa - 2015
Photo Credit: Eamonn Maher - Independent & Free Press
Taken - 2016
Taken - 2016
Production Details:
Production Company: FLW Films / Universal Television / NBC
Producer: Luc Besson
Executive Producers: Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne & Thomas Anargyros
Date: 2016 - 2017
Broadcast Date: February 27th, 2017 - June 30th, 2018 (Two seasons, 26 episodes)
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including Scotsdale Farm Halton Hills, Ontario
Title Card for the NBC miniseries Taken - 2017
Photo Credit: NBC
Taken is an action-thriller television series based on the Taken film series.
Imposters - 2017
Imposters - 2017
Production Details:
Production Company: Villa Walk Productions / Riverrun Films / Universal Cable / Bravo Cable Network
Creators & Executive Producers: Adam Brooks & Paul Adelstein
Date: October 10th, 2017
Broadcast Date: April 15th - June 7th, 2018 (Season 2 on Bravo)
Location: Main Street and Train Station, Georgetown, ON (For October 10th, 2017 only)
Imposters is an American dark comedy television series.
Equipment and production vehicles lined some of the sidestreets in Downtown Georgetown on October 10th while film crews shot scenes for television series Imposters - 2017
Photo Credit: Graeme Frisque/Metroland
Star Trek : Discovery - 2018
Star Trek : Discovery - 2018
Production Details:
Production Company: CBS Studios / Secret Hideout / Roddenberry Entertainment / Paramount
Creators: Bryan Fuller & Alex Kurtzman
Showrunners: Bryan Fuller, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Alex Kurtzman & Michelle Paradise
Date: April - December 2018
Broadcast Date: January 17th - April 18th, 2019 (Season 2 on CBS / Paramount+)
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including the Acton Quarry Acton, Ontario
Star Trek: Discovery is an American science fiction television series created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman, based on Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry.
Poster for season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery - 2019
Photo Credit: CBS Studios / Paramount
See - 2020
See - 2020
Production Details:
Production Company: Chernin Entertainment / Endeavor Content / Quaker Moving Pictures / Tropper Ink Productions / Apple TV+
Creator & Executive Producer: Steven Knight
Date: October 2020 - March 2021 & May - October 2021
Broadcast / Release Date: August 27th - October 15th, 2021 & August 26th - October 14th, 2022 (Streaming on Apple TV+)
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including the Acton Quarry Acton, Ontario
Title Card for the Apple Tv+ series See - 2021
Photo Credit: Apple TV+
See is an American science fiction drama television series produced for Apple TV+ and starring Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard in leading roles. Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia in the distant future where humanity's descendants have lost their sight, and the ability to see is considered to be a myth, the plot is set in motion by the birth of twin sighted children in a mountain tribe.
The Handmaid's Tale - 2020
The Handmaid's Tale - 2020
Production Details:
Production Company: MGM Television / Hulu
Creator & Producer: Bruce Miller
Date: Fall 2020 (For Season Four)
Broadcast / Release Date: April 28th - June 16th, 2021 (Hulu)
Location: Various locations across Southern Ontario, including Scotsdale Farm Halton Hills, Ontario (Used for the farm where June recovers, allowing the production to leave sets in place during pandemic lockdowns.)
Title Card for The Handmaid's Tale - 2020
Photo Credit: MGM Television
The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale by Canadian author Margaret Atwood.
The Hot Zone - 2021
The Hot Zone - 2021
Production Details:
Production Company: 20th Television / Scott Free Productions / National Geographic
Creator: James V. Hart
Executive Producers: Lynda Obst, Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson, Jeff Vintar, Ridley Scott & Michael Uppendahl
Date: February - May 2021
Broadcast Date: November 28th - 30th, 2021 (Season 2 on National Geographic)
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including downtown Georgetown, Ontario
The Hot Zone is an American medical drama television series, based on the 1994 non-fiction book of the same name by Richard Preston and airing on National Geographic.
Promo photo for The Hot Zone - 2021
Photo Credit: National Geographic
Reacher - 2021
Reacher - 2021
Production Details:
Production Company: Black Jack Films / Paramount Television Studios / Skydance Television / Amazon MGM Studios
Developer & Showrunner: Nick Santora
Date: April - July 2021 & September 2022 - March 2023
Broadcast / Release Date: February 4, 2022 (Season 1) & December 15th, 2023 - January 19th, 2024 (Season 2) (Streaming on Amazon Prime video)
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including downtown and Salvation Army Thrift store at 82 Mill Street Georgetown, Ontario for the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia & scenes at Scotsdale Farm Halton Hills, Ontario
A scene of the Salvation Army Thrift Store at 82 Mill Street in Georgetown, Ontario from Reacher - 2022
Photo Credit: Amazon MGM Studios
Reacher is an American action crime television series developed by Nick Santora for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child.
Painkiller - 2021
Painkiller - 2021
Production Details:
Production Company: Blue Harp / Film 44 / Grand Electric / Jigsaw Productions / Netflix
Director: Peter Berg
Creators: Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster
Date: August - November 2021
Broadcast / Release Date: August 10th, 2023 (Streaming on Netflix, One season, 6 episodes)
Location: Toronto, Ontario and surrounding area, including RJ's Muffler Shop, 225 Main Street South Georgetown, Ontario
Based on Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe and Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier.
A scene from Netflix mini-series Painkiller, showing RJ's Muffler Shop in Georgetown, Ontario - 2023
Photo Credit: Netflix
A drama mini-series focusing on the origins of the opioid crises in the United States, as seen through the eyes of perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers.
The Umbrella Academy - 2023
The Umbrella Academy - 2023
Production Details:
Production Company: Borderline Entertainment / Irish Cowboy / Dark Horse Entertainment / Universal Content Productions / Netflix
Creator: Steve Blackman
Developer: Jeremy Slater
Showrunners: Steve Blackman & Jesse McKeown
Date: February - May 2023 (For Season 4)
Broadcast / Release Date: August 8th, 2024 (Netflix)
Location: Various locations across Southern Ontario, including the barn and landscape at Scotsdale Farm Halton Hills, Ontario
The Umbrella Academy is an American superhero comedy drama television series loosely based on the comic book series of the same name written by Gerard Way, illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics.
Promotional poster for season 4 of The Umbrella Academy - 2024
Photo Credit: Netflix
McDonald's Commercial - 2023
McDonald's Commercial - 2023
Production Details:
Production Company: McDonald's Canada
Date: July 31st, 2023
Location: McDonald's, 374 Queen Street, Acton, Ontario
Release Date: Fall 2023 (Nation-wide commercial)
The Acton McDonald's was the scene of a commercial - July 31st, 2023
Photo Credit: Scott Brooks - The Acton Monthly
Still Standing with Jonny Harris - 2025
Still Standing with Jonny Harris - 2025
Production Details:
Production Company: Frantic Films / CBC
Date: May 16th - 23rd, 2025
Location: Various locations within Acton, Ontario with live studio audience portion filmed at cafeteria inside Acton District School, 21 Cedar Road Acton, Ontario
Broadcast Date: February 3rd, 2026 (Season 11, Episode 5)
Host: Jonny Harris
Still Standing is a Canadian television series, which premiered on CBC Television in summer 2015. The show's tagline slogan is "towns that are against the ropes but still hanging in there", reflecting the show's premise to tell the "story of small towns in Canada and how they overcome struggles".
Comedian & Actor Jonny Harris on set with the Acton Agricultural Society, at the track in Prospect Park, ahead of a lawn tractor pull scene as part of the filming for the episode of Still Standing - May 18th, 2025
Photo Credit: Scott Brooks - The Acton Monthly
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