NEW YORK and TORONTO – Streamer CBS All Access announced Friday a new series order for comedic documentary series For Heaven’s Sake, which will be co-produced for and aired by CBC in Canada.
The series “blends comedy and crime documentary formats for a unique take on uncovering the truth,” says the press release. The series will follow the search for Harold Heaven, who disappeared from his cabin near Minden, Ontario during the winter of 1934.
While local police searched the nearby woods and dredged the adjacent lake, Harold was never found nor heard from again. The case was closed as a likely suicide until 85 years later, his great-great-nephew, Mike Mildon, attempts to solve this coldest of cold cases, with the help of his extended family and friend, Jackson Rowe. Midlon and Rowe (Trophy Husbands) created and will star in the series. They will also executive produce alongside Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault (American Vandal), Joe Farrell (Funny Or Die) as well as Jonas Prupas and Courtney Dobbins of Muse Entertainment. The series will be directed by Tim Johnson (Virginia 12th).
“The true-crime genre may never be the same as best friends Mike and Jackson rely on their real-life bond and total lack of crime-solving experience to try and figure out what happened to Mike’s great-great uncle Harold,” said Julie McNamara, executive vice president and head of programming, CBS All Access, in its press release. “We couldn’t be in better hands than with this hilarious duo.”
“We were struck by how fascinating and complex this very real 80-year-old cold case is. And by how ill-equipped Mike and Jackson are to solve it,” said executive producers Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault.
