Trying fans have endured a two-year wait for season five, which premieres on Wednesday, July 8, on Apple TV. New episodes will air weekly, with the eight-episode series concluding on Wednesday, August 26. An official BBC or BBC iPlayer release date has not been announced, but previous seasons have typically arrived around a year after their Apple TV debut.
What is Trying Season 5 about?
Season five picks up after the dramatic conclusion of season four, where Princess and Tyler's biological mother, Kat, showed up. Her arrival disrupts the comfortable family dynamic, and Jason and Nikki face new challenges as they adapt to this upheaval.
Trying Season 5 cast
Rafe Spall and Esther Smith return as couple Jason Ross and Nikki Newman. They are joined by Charlotte Riley, known for Peaky Blinders, The Take, and Wuthering Heights, who plays Kat, the biological mother of Princess and Tyler. Celia Imrie (The Thursday Murder Club) portrays Harriet, an “upper-class hoarder” Jason meets during training for a new job. Gbemisola Ikumelo (The Paper) plays overworked social worker Chrissy, and Colin Morgan (Merlin, The Killing Kind) appears as Kerry, Nikki's laidback co-worker and confidante.
