• First full trailer for new 'unconventional' crime drama Mint released by BBC
• Comes to BBC iPlayer from April 20, created by Scrapper director Charlotte Regan
• Explores "what love might feel like when everyone outside of your family is terrified of you"

The first full trailer for the new BBC crime drama Mint has been released (which you can catch up with below), and I can honestly say I'm none the wiser about what's going on.

Because there's nothing I need more than a new fear in the back of my head keeping me awake at night! However, cast Emma Laird, Ben Coyle-Larner, Sam Riley, Laura Fraser, and Lindsay Duncan look to be taking their touchy subject matter in an entirely new direction.

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All episodes will be on BBC iPlayer from 6am BST on Monday, 20th April, with the first two airing on BBC One from 9pm that night. But what exactly are we letting ourselves in for?

BBC crime drama Mint's first trailer, is creepy, atmospheric and drowning in secrets

While the above trailer doesn't exactly give anything away, here's everything we know about Mint so far.

We start with Shannon (Laird), the daughter of her area’s dominant crime family, who is desperately searching for romance in the shadow of her father, Dylan (Riley).

Shannon falls hard for Arran (Carner), a member of a rival crime family who has newly arrived in town. Their love story presents an undeniable connection that changes both of their lives for good, but not everyone in their lives sees it the same way.

While Shannon and Arran are navigating their forbidden romance, elsewhere, things are imploding for Shannon’s family. Dylan decides to step down as the head of the family for mysterious reasons.

Basically, it's like Romeo and Juliet meets Channel 4's Humans, if the trailer clip aesthetic is anything to go by. There are bound to be layers upon layers in Regan's worldbuilding, so defining Mint simply as a crime drama is most likely underselling things.

I'm all for bringing some avant-garde whimsy back to mainstream television, so if you're looking for a thriller that's more experimental art than formulaic, I think you've found it.

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Jasmine is a Streaming Staff Writer for TechRadar, previously writing for outlets including Radio Times, Yahoo! and Stylist. She specialises in comfort TV shows and movies, ranging from Hallmark's latest tearjerker to Netflix's Virgin River. She's also the person who wrote an obituary for George Cooper Sr. during Young Sheldon Season 7 and still can't watch the funeral episode.