The BBC has released the official launch trailer for the original eight-episode drama, Mint, from Charlotte Regan (Scrapper).

All episodes will be on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Monday 20th April, with the first two airing on BBC One from 9pm that night. Mint is made by Fearless Minds and House Productions, part of BBC Studios.

Mint stars Emma Laird (The Brutalist, Mayor of Kingstown) and acting newcomer Ben Coyle- Larner (better known as musician Loyle Carner) as Mint’s lead characters Shannon and Arran, who are at the heart of the eight-part series about “soaring romance, crushing heartbreak and what love might feel like when everyone outside of your family is terrified of you.”

Filmed in and around Glasgow last year, Mint also stars Sam Riley (Firebrand, Control), Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad, Patience),Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy, Black Mirror), Connor Newall (28 Years Later, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) and Lindsay Duncan (Truelove, Sherwood).

Mint was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama. The eight-part series is created, written, directed and executive produced by Charlotte Regan. It is made for BBC iPlayer and BBC One by House Productions, part of BBC Studios, and Fearless Minds. It is produced by Angus Lamont (The Wonder, Tin Star), and executive produced by Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Theo Barrowclough for House Productions, Jolyon Symonds for Fearless Minds, and Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC. Mint was supported by Screen Scotland. BBC Studios is handling global sales.