Yes, Trying Season 5 is officially happening. Apple TV+ confirmed the renewal in May 2025, right after Season 4 wrapped its run in July 2024. Filming completed in November 2025, confirmed via Apple TV’s own social media post that teased “your favorite feel-good couple is wrapped on Season 5.” A firm premiere date has not been set, but every production signal points to a May 2026 release on Apple TV+.
If you have been following Nikki and Jason since the very first episode in May 2020, waiting for updates on Season 5 feels deeply personal. This show earns its loyal audience the hard way, through small moments that hit harder than they should. Here is everything confirmed, corrected, and honestly assessed about what is coming next.
When Is Trying Season 5 Coming Out?
No official premiere date has been locked in, but May 2026 is the strongly indicated window. Every prior season except Season 3 launched in May (2020, 2021, 2024), and Season 3 only shifted to July 2022 due to scheduling. Filming wrapped in November 2025, giving the post-production team roughly six months before a spring drop. Wikipedia has already listed May 2026 as the planned air window, which aligns with Apple TV’s own release patterns for the show.
Who Is Returning for Trying Season 5?
The full core cast is back. Esther Smith and Rafe Spall return as Nikki and Jason, with Charlotte Riley reprising Kat (the biological mother whose Season 4 reappearance detonated the family’s stability), Scarlett Rayner as Princess, Cooper Turner as Tyler, Darren Boyd as Scott, and Sian Brooke as Karen. That is not a partial cast return. That is the full ensemble, which matters because Kat’s storyline requires everyone in the room.
Who Are the New Cast Members in Season 5?
Five new additions were announced by Deadline in August 2025. Celia Imrie joins as Harriet, an upper-class hoarder Jason meets while training for a new job. Gbemisola Ikumelo plays Chrissy, a social worker who becomes Jason’s mentor. Colin Morgan plays Kerry, a co-worker of Nikki’s described as handsome (which should create some interesting tension). Danielle Vitalis and Leah Brotherhead are also confirmed, with their specific roles not yet disclosed.
What Will Trying Season 5 Be About?
Season 5 picks up directly from the Season 4 finale fallout, specifically the chaos triggered by Kat’s return into Nikki and Jason’s lives. Season 4 introduced a six-year time jump and repositioned the show from adoption drama to parenting drama. Season 5 leans into what happens when the past resurfaces mid-stability. Apple TV’s own description uses the word “chaos,” and the addition of new characters in Jason’s work life and Nikki’s orbit suggests the writers are also expanding both leads beyond the domestic frame.
How Many Episodes Will Trying Season 5 Have?
Eight episodes, almost certainly. Every single season of Trying from Season 1 through Season 4 has run exactly eight episodes. Andy Wolton has structured the show consistently around that count, and there has been no reporting from Apple TV, Deadline, or BBC Studios suggesting any format change. Eight episodes gives the show room to build one contained arc per season, which is exactly how creator Andy Wolton has operated from the beginning.
Is Trying Season 5 the Last Season?
Nothing confirms Season 5 as a finale season, but no Season 6 has been announced either. What is notable is that Apple TV has given the show room to breathe between renewals each time, always waiting until a season concluded before greenlighting the next. The Kat storyline introduced in Season 4 reads structurally like a multi-season thread, which suggests the writers are building toward something rather than wrapping up. Whether Season 5 closes that arc or extends it will determine what comes next.
Where Can You Watch Trying Season 5?
Apple TV+ is the primary platform, as it has been since the show launched in May 2020. What changed in 2025 is that Season 1 became available on BBC iPlayer starting September 15, 2025, and also received a linear broadcast run on BBC One. That is significant because Trying is a BBC Studios co-production, and the BBC iPlayer expansion signals a wider reach strategy. Seasons 1 through 4 are currently streaming on Apple TV+ globally ahead of the Season 5 premiere.
Has a Trailer Been Released for Trying Season 5?
No trailer has dropped yet as of March 2026. Apple TV+ confirmed the filming wrap via a behind-the-scenes photo on their official account in November 2025, featuring Smith and Spall on set. That is the only visual material released so far. If the show follows its usual promotional pattern, a trailer typically drops four to six weeks before premiere, meaning fans should watch Apple TV’s channels closely starting March or April 2026 for the first footage.
How Has Trying Performed on Rotten Tomatoes?
Critically, it has been one of Apple TV+’s steadiest performers. Season 1 holds 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. Season 2 hit 100% across 13 critic reviews. The audience score for Season 5 sits at 92%, which is unusually high for a show in its fifth year. Metacritic placed the series at 69 out of 100 based on the initial batch of reviews, but the show’s reputation has grown significantly since then, particularly in the UK following its BBC One broadcast run in 2025.
Why Trying Season 5 Is Worth Watching Even If You Fell Off
Most shows that survive five seasons do it by getting louder. Trying gets quieter, which is rarer and harder to pull off. The Season 4 time jump was a creative risk that paid off because Wolton did not use it as a reset. It was an escalation, not an escape. Nikki and Jason in their 30s with two kids and a biological mother back in the picture is a fundamentally different show than the infertility story that opened in 2020, and that evolution is exactly why Season 5 has something genuine to say.
Why Trying Season 5 Matters More Than It Gets Credit For
Trying has quietly become one of the most emotionally honest family comedies streaming right now. It does not romanticize adoption or parenthood, and it never did. The co-production model between Apple TV+ and BBC Studios gives it production backing without the pressure to sensationalize. With filming complete, a stacked returning cast, five new names joining the ensemble, and a story thread from Season 4 that genuinely needs resolving, Season 5 arrives with more narrative momentum than any previous installment. May 2026 cannot come fast enough.
