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Trying

"Older not wiser."

7.7
4 seasons
32 episodes
Returning Series
Comedy

Plot Summary

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?

First Aired:May 1, 2020
Last Aired:July 3, 2024
Episode Runtime:Unknown
Networks:
Apple TV
Created By:
Andy Wolton

Cast & Characters

Where to watch free (US)

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Seasons (4)

Season 1
7.5

Season 1

8 episodes

Aired: 2020

Series 1 starts with Nikki and Jason becoming devastated when they're told they'll never conceive a child.

Season 2
7.9

Season 2

8 episodes

Aired: 2021

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
8.3

Season 3

8 episodes

Aired: 2022

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

Season 4

8 episodes

Aired: 2024

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.

Production

BBC Studios

BBC Studios Comedy Productions