People filled Surrey City Hall Tuesday (Feb. 6) during an invite-only launch party for 害羞草研究所淎llegiance,害羞草研究所� .
A night before its TV and streaming debut tonight (Feb. 7), the first episode of the series was screened in Centre Stage theatre and adjacent room for an overflow crowd, followed by food and drinks.
stars Supinder Wraich and Enrico Colantoni attended the evening party, along with fellow actors, the show害羞草研究所檚 creative team, politicians, business leaders and others.
Airing Wednesdays at 9 p.m., the series stars Wraich as 害羞草研究所淪urrey girl害羞草研究所� Sabrina Sohal, a rookie police officer who fights to exonerate her politician father, played by Stephen Lobo. The first woman in her trailblazing Punjabi-Canadian family to become a Canadian Federal Police Corps officer, Sohal patrols Surrey alongside veteran officer Vince Brambilla, played by Enrico Colantoni.
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said she was impressed by the pilot episode, which sees Sohal graduate from the police academy and, on her first day on the beat, work to find a missing child while coping with the arrest of her father, Minister of Public Safety.
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Locke said she met with the series producers last spring.
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It's here: The just-released trailer for new Surrey-set police drama "Allegiance," debuting Feb. 7 on .
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