The series may nominally be a crime drama, but it shows very little of the specifics surrounding the criminal world it inhabits. We don't see the operations of the family, but instead focus on the individuals within it and their interpersonal, emotional relationships.
"I think it came from watching a lot of stuff like this on TV, and seeing some of the characters I wanted to see," he said. "Like a character like Shannon, who's really shut off from the world but then going through quite a lot, or a character like Arran who has so much vulnerability.
"So, I think it came from loving that stuff – I love gangster films, I love crime TV – but wanting to see more about the intimate moments between what we see on screen."
View Green Video on the source website"There's probably a lot of them doing it on a bigger budget as well – our shootouts would have been looking cheap if we did gang scenes," she added, laughing.
"I want to know what Arran is struggling with emotionally, or I want to know about Shannon's relationship with her dad. I don't want to see all the men sat in rooms planning big gangland bits."
As well as Laird and Coyle-Larner, the drama also stars Sam Riley (Firebrand), Laura Fraser (Patience), Lewis Gribben (Black Mirror) and Lindsay Duncan (Sherwood).
Mint will begin airing on BBC One at 9pm on Monday 20 April, with all episodes available on BBC iPlayer that day at 6am.
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