Be my baby

Rafe Spall and Esther Smith play a couple navigating the emotional world of adoption in a new comedy

- CAREN CLARK, JUDY EWENS, REBECCA MAHONEY, STEVE PERKINS

Trying

NEW Genre: Comedy Available: Friday 1 May Season: 1 Episodes: 8 Runs: 30min TVSW says: Engaging and hilarious

Rafe Spall is darting around an exquisitely decorated Georgian town house in north London, riffling through drawers and stuffing items into an already overflowing bag.

TV&Satellite Week is watching filming on Apple TV+’s new comedy series Trying, in which Spall plays teacher Jason, who, in this scene, is grabbing essentials from a friend’s house as she goes into labour.

Most of Jason’s pals have kids and he’d love to join the club. But that’s something he and other half Nikki (Esther Smith) can only dream about…