Trying: Season 1

2020

Created by Andy Wolton
87%
94%
8 episodes
Comedy

Apple+/BBC original feel-good series about "growing up, settling down and finding someone to love," focusing on a British couple struggling... More

Apple+/BBC original feel-good series about "growing up, settling down and finding someone to love," focusing on a British couple struggling to have a baby. Stars Rafe Spall, Esther Smith and Imelda Staunton.

How are Jason (Spall) and Nikkie (Smith) 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, they need to convince an adoption that they’re ready to be parents.

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Where to watch Trying: Season 1

Trying: Season 1 is available to stream in New Zealand... More now on Apple TV+.

Trying: Season 1 episodes

Nikki and Jason

When they learn that another round of IVF would be... More too expensive and unlikely to work, Nikki and Jason explore adoption.

The Ex-Girlfriend

Jason gets in touch with an ex before social services... More interviews her.

Tickets for a Queue

Nikki and Jason go to a picnic with other potential... More adopters - and get intimidated by the quality of their competition.

Rainbow Castle People

After a wild night out, Nikki and Jason are faced... More with potentially disastrous consequences the next morning.

Someone Else's Kids

Deciding that they need more hands-on experience looking after kids,... More Nikki and Jason agree to babysit their friends' children for a day.

Show Me the Love

Jason starts getting cold feet about the process after a... More mandatory training session.

Good Old Family Map

Nikki grows paranoid about Jason after reading a suspicious text.

We Know the Way Out

Season finale. Despite the added irritation of a new roommate,... More it's time for Nikki and Jason to face the adoption panel.

Trying: Season 1 | Ratings & Reviews

87_%23 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
94_%19 reviews
Audience score rating

"An attempt to mine comedy from the child adoption process that is intermittently funny and goofily charming – but doesn’t ultimately convince."

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The Telegraph

"The genuinely loving, intimate banter between Nikki and Jason in their quieter moments too is one of the series’ greatest strengths."

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The Guardian

"The fun of “Trying” is in getting to see, bit by bit, this couple realizing that they're good enough, not just as potential parents."

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RogerEbert.com

"The first four episodes of this opening season definitely have their charms... the back half is really where “Trying” settles into a groove."

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IndieWire

"Inspired by — and an inverse of — the charmingly vulgar parenting comedy Catastrophe, about strangers who fall into a relationship after accidental insemination, this London-set sadcom invites us into the lives of an unmarried working-class couple who decide to pursue adoption after an expensive and futile round of IVF."

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