Mint creator pitches spin-off for key character and addresses future
As new BBC drama Mint arrives on screens, the show’s creator Charlotte Regan has teased whether we could see more beyond its first eight-part season – and revealed the character she would most like to see a spin-off for. Speaking exclusively with Radio Times alongside star Benjamin Coyle-Larner, Regan was asked which moment, or moments, from the series she was most looking forward for viewers to see, and they centred primarily around one character – Lindsay Duncan’s Ollie. The matriarch of the show’s central crime family, mother to its head Dylan, and grandmother to the show’s lead character Emma, Ollie is a formidable force, and one Regan is excited for fans to meet. “I think I always look forward to people seeing Ollie’s moments, and seeing Lindsay as Ollie,” she said. “It feels different to other things I’ve seen her in. Even the first day I saw her on set, I was like, ‘Oh my God, that’s a proper transformation.’ So, I think I get excited for people to meet Ollie.” “I would love a …








