British Comedy Guide

Andy Wolton

  • Writer and stand-up comedian

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The week in TV: Trying

For my taste, Trying meanders too often into the saccharine zone, but it also has heart, charm and a cracking ensemble.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 26th May 2024

Trying review

The heartfelt and frank show explores a deeper, more complex story this time around.

Tania Hussain, Collider, 13th May 2024

Apple TV+ recommissions Trying

Apple TV+ has recommissioned its British sitcom success, Trying. The comedy will return for a fourth series next year.

British Comedy Guide, 31st August 2022

Trying Series 3, AppleTV+ review

Not much can shut out the world right now, so grab Trying and hold it tight.

Euan Franklin, Culture Whisper, 21st July 2022

Trying, Apple TV+ review

Esther Smith triumphs anew in adoption-centred comedy-drama.

Matt Wolf, The Arts Desk, 21st May 2021

Trying 2 review

In an era of TV/streaming shows celebrating diversity, Andy Wolton's programme feels like something of a throwback to a Richard Curtis-style period when London was populated entirely by white people, i.e. never.

Dan Meier, The Upcoming, 17th May 2021

Trying, review

Apple TV's first British comedy isn't as funny or as quirky as it's trying to be.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 1st May 2020

Review: Trying, Apple TV+

Apple TV+'s first British original comedy is an interesting one. It both plays it very safe, with its cosy thirtysomething Camden Town environment and also goes into some unusual territory as it deals with a young couple going through the difficult process of adopting.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st May 2020

Trying review

Rafe Spall and Esther Smith are brilliant as the couple considering adoption - and rising above the absurdities of their painful plight.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 1st May 2020

Apple TV+ announces first British comedy, Trying

Computer giant Apple has announced the first British series for its new streaming platform, Apple TV+. Trying stars Rafe Spall, Esther Smith and Imelda Staunton.

British Comedy Guide, 20th January 2020

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