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Mint star Emma Laird admits it was 'difficult' tackling Scottish accent
Laird said the accent challenge came while filming an eight-episode BBC crime drama that centers on a forbidden romance.
- On Monday, April 20, 2026, the BBC releases its eight-part crime-drama series Mint on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, starring British actress Emma Laird and musician Benjamin Coyle-Larner.
- Shannon, the daughter of crime boss Dylan , searches for romance and falls for Arran , a rival family member, in what creators describe as a "gangster romance."
- Director Charlotte Regan infuses the drama with magical realism, utilizing impressionistic vignettes to explore forbidden love; her debut feature Scrapper won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance in 2023.
- Family tensions escalate as Dylan unexpectedly steps down as head of the crime syndicate, and his second-in-command, Sam , assumes leadership with diverging tactics that raise alarm.
- Critics note the series prioritizes emotional expression over procedural grit; while some find the unconventional style jarring, others praise its focus on women's domestic lives within criminal families.
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The Independent (US)Mint is a gorgeous Romeo and Juliet retelling starring Loyle Carner – review
Between the violence and brooding machismo, there is unmitigated joy in Charlotte Regan’s beguiling, Glasgow-set tale of star-crossed lovers
Mint: new BBC crime drama is visually dazzling but emotionally thin
When Charlotte Regan’s debut feature film, Scrapper, won the grand jury prize at the prestigious Sundance film festival in 2023, it announced a filmmaker of rare instinctive warmth. Scrapper showed Regan to be capable of rendering working-class life with tenderness, wit and a magical lightness that felt entirely her own. With her new eight-part BBC series Mint, the filmmaker turns her hand to crime drama, bringing that same sensibility to televi…
New BBC series Mint is now streaming on BBC iPlayer — and I promise that you've never seen a TV crime drama quite like it
After months of waiting, all eight episodes of new crime drama Mint are streaming on BBC iPlayer — and it might be the best creative risk the service has ever taken.
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