At first look, it appeared a police takedown was underway at the Langley airport, with multiple armed police taking aim at a suspicious airplane on the south runway.
But there was also a full production crew on the runway, recording the event, and the action would pause, then repeat as the crew recorded different takes.
Movie shoot at Langley Airport pic.twitter.com/eHSrrSoawc
— Langley Advance Times (@LangleyTimes) November 26, 2024
It was an episode of Allegiance, a police procedural set in Surrey.
Produced by Lark Productions, it is a relative rarity among B.C. productions, in that it is a Canadian show set in Canada, unlike many that use B.C. settings to simulate everything from feudal Japan to New York City.
Lark, the Vancouver-based company that created Allegiance, shoots interior scenes at its Langley City studio.
Tex Antonucci, Lark VP of business affairs and executive producer explained they needed space when they were launching another Canadian series, the set-in-Vancouver Family Law, back in 2019.
“Typically we would rent traditional studio space,” Antonucci told the Langley Advance Times.
“At that time, production was booming, and for a small domestic producer like ourselves, it can be hard to compete with other studio behemoths over studio space because they have deeper pockets.
Lark found an ideal location in an old lumber distribution warehouse that they leased and retrofitted, building the main courtroom and law office sets for Family Law.
When Lark got Allegiance greenlit, they were able to utilize the same space.
“We were able to convert our sets. We took them down, we built new sets for Allegiance, used the same studio space, and then turned it back over once we were done with season one back into the Family Law set.”
Season 3 of @CBC's Surrey-set police drama ALLEGIANCE starts Jan. 7. Had a phone call with star Supinder Wraich (who plays Surrey-raised cop Sabrina Sohal) to talk about the season ahead & how they film in Surrey. Story to come. For now, here's the trailer. @SurreyNowLeader pic.twitter.com/LhYoJggbIZ
— Tom Zillich (@TomZillich) December 29, 2025
Over the five-year period that Lark has been shooting in its Langley City studio, they’ve produced seven seasons of Canadian network dramas.
Lark was founded in 2010 by Erin Haskett and Louise Clark, with the aim of creating “Canadian stories, Canadian locations, but done at a level of quality that they can play anywhere,” Antonucci said.
Because Lark produces Canadian shows in Canada, it was better able to ride out the COVID pandemic, Antonucci noted.
“When there’s American studios coming up, there’s a lot of travel involved for a number of those people, and the U.S. studio service production was a lot slower to restart,” Antonucci recalled.
“Because we’re local and a majority of our talent and writers and crew are all local, we were able to get our health and safety protocols in order and get back to work relatively quickly.”
Season three of Allegiance begins Wednesday, Jan. 7 on CBC platforms.
Named Playback’s 2023 Production Company of the Year, Lark Productions slate also includes shows Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, Fortunate Son, and Motive.