Mint is a new crime-drama series starring Emma Laird and Benjamin Coyle-Larner that will be airing on BBC One soon.
Written and directed by Charlotte Regan, the show follows Shannon (Laird), the daughter of her area’s dominant crime family, who is desperately searching for romance in the shadow of her father, Dylan.
She ends up falling hard for Arran (Coyle-Larner), a member of a rival crime family who has newly arrived in town.
A synopsis for the show adds: “While Shannon and Arran are navigating their forbidden romance, elsewhere, things are imploding for Shannon’s family.
“Early in our series, Dylan (Sam Riley) decides to step down as the head of the family for mysterious reasons.
“Sam (Neil Leiper), Dylan’s second in command, steps up to take over, though his diverging tactics start to raise alarm”.
Despite the crime family aspects of the story, it is secondary to the romantic plotline.
Explaining why she wanted to make the programme, Charlotte Regan shared: “I’ve always loved gangster shows, gangster films, and I’d wanted them to centre around the women in the families.
“I think I always thought they were like the backbones of those kinds of families when you read about them and watch them.
“So, it came from that, really, it started with Ollie (Lindsay Duncan), the grandma – she was one of the first characters and it just went from there.”
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Meanwhile, Emma Laird shared that Regan’s previous work encouraged her to take on a role in Mint.
She said: “I was a big fan of her film Scrapper and thought she was great.
“I was mid-shoot on another project and was flying to Venice Film Festival the next day but I went in to read [for the part] – I was so terrible at the Scottish accent, despite my dad being Scottish!
“I met Charli and from that first meeting, it was just super collaborative.
“It gave me a taste for what it would be like to be on set with her.
“And it has been the most beautiful collaboration; it’s exceeded my expectations.”
Mint full cast list for BBC series
Emma Laird as Shannon
Benjamin Coyle-Larner as Arran
Sam Riley as Dylan
Laura Fraser as Cat
Lindsay Duncan as Ollie
Lewis Gribben as Luke
Neil Leiper as Sam
Lucy Howard as Young Shannon
Gordon Brown as Eddie
Thierry Mabonga as Spencer
Murray Fraser as Jasper
Russ Bain as Ben
Connor Newall as Liangelo
Tav MacDougall as Colin
Lucas Green as Young Liangelo
Joseph Ogbu as Young Arran
Emma Hartley-Miller as Nadia
Hannah Collins as Jackie
Clive Russell as Andy
David Carlyle as Tom
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When will Mint be on TV?
The first episode of Mint will air at 9pm on BBC One on Monday, April 20, with the second episode following immediately afterwards at 9.30pm.
The remaining six episodes will air in the same timeslots over the next few weeks.
Alternatively, all eight episodes will be available to watch from 6am on Monday, April 20, on BBC iPlayer.
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