Scripted series · BBC One
Mint
A criminally good love story.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Mint actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Mint reads strongest on Serialized, Tension and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Shannon is the only daughter of an infamous crime family that rules the region, a real-life princess who has never wanted for anything. But when she meets Arran, a member of a rival gang, their whirlwind romance begins to unravel the world she’s always known.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Episode 1
Shannon finally meets a boy she likes. But dating is always tough when you’re the only daughter of a crime family. When her parents realise who Arran is, will she fight for him?
S01E02
Episode 2
Dylan’s shocking decision unsettles the family. Shannon might not know what comes next for them, but she knows what she wants for herself. Will Arran’s split loyalties test that?
S01E03
Episode 3
It’s ladies day at the races: hats, booze and chaos. Cat is forced to confront what she’s been denying, whilst Shannon and Arran are caught in the crossfire of their families.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tessa RossExecutive Producer
- Angus LamontProducer
- Jolyon SymondsExecutive Producer
- Charlotte ReganExecutive Producer
- Rebecca FergusonExecutive Producer
- Theo BarrowcloughExecutive Producer
Direction
- Charlotte ReganDirector
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