Mint

A darkly comic and unconventional drama about a crime family's inner life, told through the eyes of its daughter, who is searching for love.

Year: 2026 

Director: Charlotte Regan

Writer: Charlotte Regan 

Executive Producers: Charlotte Regan, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Theo Barrowclough, Jolyon Symonds, Rebecca Ferguson 

Production Companies: House Productions, Fearless Minds

Main Cast: Emma Laird, Ben Coyle-Larner, Sam Riley, Laura Fraser, Lindsay Duncan

World sales: BBC Studios

Broadcaster: BBC

Screen Scotland support: The series accessed £500,000 through Screen Scotland’s Broadcast Content Fund.


Synopsis

Twenty-two-year-old Shannon is the daughter of the dominant crime family in the area. Standing in the shadow of her father Dylan, she is desperately searching for romance and falls head over heels for Arran, a member of a rival crime family which has recently arrived in town. They develop a deep bond that changes both their lives for good, but not everyone around them is willing to accept it.

While Shannon and Arran are pursuing their forbidden love, elsewhere things are imploding for Shannon’s family. However, rather than focusing on the crime world or the politics of succession, our gaze is directed towards the distinct emotional worlds of Shannon’s family – her parents Dylan and Cat, her older brother Luke and her indomitable grandma Ollie.


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Image credits: Still courtesy House Productions / Fearless Minds / BBC / Sanne Gault