Airdate: Trying

New British comedy Trying starring Rafe Spall, Esther Smith and Imelda Staunton premieres Friday 1 May on Apple TV+.

The series centres around a thirty-something couple and their friends learning to grow up, settle down and find someone to love, written by Andy Wolton and directed by Jim O’Hanlon (Catastrophe, The Punisher, A Touch Of Cloth).

All Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall) want is a baby—but it’s the one thing they just can’t have. How are they going to fill the next 50 years if they can’t start a family? After ruling out every other option, Nikki and Jason decide to adopt and are confronted by a world of bewildering new challenges. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball family and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they’re ready to be parents?

Starring BAFTA nominee Esther Smith, SAG nominee Rafe Spall, alongside BAFTA Award winner Imelda Staunton, Ophelia Lovibond, and Oliver Chris, “Trying” is produced by BBC Studios.