The drama is the televison series debut of director Charlotte Regan. 

The BBC have revealed details of a new eight-part television series from filmmaker Charlotte Regan (Scrapper).

Mint is a darkly comic and unconventional drama about a crime family’s inner life. It explores the question of what love might feel like when everyone outside of your family is terrified of you.

The show follows Shannon (Emma Laird – The Brutalist), the naïve and fiercely romantic daughter of the area’s dominant crime family. Shannon is desperately searching for love in the shadow of her gangster father, Dylan (Sam Riley – Rebecca), devoted mum Cat (Laura Fraser – Breaking Bad), older brother Luke (Lewis Gribben – Black Mirror) and the indomitable family matriarch, grandma Ollie (Lindsay Duncan – Sherwood).

Having grown up protected within the surreal, yet violent confines of the ‘family business’, things are set to change once Arran – played by acting newcomer Ben Coyle-Larner (better known as musician, Loyle Carner) – arrives on the scene.

A story about soaring romance and crushing heartbreak, love, infatuation, darkness and tragedy, Shannon is trying to find herself whilst dealing with the plain weirdness of living alongside the lawless world of the criminal elite, and pursuing her own version of power.

Creator, writer and executive producer Charlotte Regan says:

“I had a little cry the other day thinking about how incredible this cast are. Absolute emotional wreck. But I honestly can’t imagine these characters being brought into the world by better human beings. Every single one of them is going to smash it and I feel so grateful to have them all onboard.”

Mint is filming in Glasgow and comes from House Productions, one of BBC Studios’ owned production labels, and Fearless Minds. The producer is Angus Lamont (The Wonder). Executive producers are Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Theo Barrowclough (House Productions), Jolyon Symonds (Fearless Minds), and Rebecca Ferguson (BBC).

We’ll keep you posted.