Overview
All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Series 1 starts with Nikki and Jason becoming devastated when they're told they'll never conceive a child.
Season 2
Having been approved by the adoption panel, Nikki and Jason now find that matching with a child is not as easy as they thought...
Season 3
Nikki and Jason wake up as new parents to two children they are still getting to know. Now they just have to keep hold of them, which proves to be trickier than they initially thought. Thrown straight into the parental deep end, Nikki and Jason’s relationships with each other and with their nearest and dearest are tested as they desperately try to navigate the ups and downs of parenting — while hanging onto their kids, and their sanity.
Season 4
We fast-forward six years to discover that Nikki and Jason are experienced adopters who have built a lovely little nuclear family, enriched by an extraordinary support network. However, as their teenage daughter, Princess, starts to yearn for a connection with her birth mother, Nikki and Jason find themselves confronted with the ultimate test of their parenting skills.
Season 5
Nikki and Jason find themselves dealing with the consequences of Princess and Tyler's biological mother Kat turning up at their doorstep, and the whirlwind of chaos she brings into their settled family life.
Key Information
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Cast & Crew
Rafe Spall
Jason
Esther Smith
Nikki
Oliver Chris
Freddy
Ophelia Lovibond
Erica
Scarlett Rayner
Princess
Cooper Turner
Tyler
Sian Brooke
Karen
Darren Boyd
Scott
Phil Davis
Vic
Yasmine Holness-Dove
Olivia
Marian McLoughlin
Jilly Newman
Roderick Smith
John Newman
Frequently Asked Questions
All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption...
Trying has 5 seasons with 40 episodes.
Trying premiered on May 1, 2020.
Yes, Trying is currently ongoing with new episodes.
Trying originally aired on Apple TV. Check your local streaming services for availability.
Trying was created by Andy Wolton.
Trying has a rating of 7.6/10 based on user reviews.
Trying is classified as Comedy.