{"id":98954,"date":"2025-08-28T15:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/98954\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:33:08","slug":"bbc-buys-apple-tv-sitcom-trying-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/98954\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC buys Apple TV+ sitcom Trying | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a class=\"intextlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadcastnow.co.uk\/bbc\/1031.subject\" rel=\"intextlink_1 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> has acquired the first three series of <a class=\"intextlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadcastnow.co.uk\/apple\/11938.subject\" rel=\"intextlink_3 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a> TV+ sitcom Trying for <a class=\"intextlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadcastnow.co.uk\/bbc\/1031.subject\" rel=\"intextlink_0 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC1<\/a> and iPlayer, in a landmark deal for the corporation.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time the BBC has bought a show from the streamer, and it will launch on 8 September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The BBC Studios-produced comedy was the first show that Apple TV+ commissioned outside of the US, and is the streamer\u2019s longest-running sitcom, with the fifth series upcoming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is understood the deal, brokered by <a class=\"intextlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadcastnow.co.uk\/indies\/bbc-studios\" rel=\"intextlink_2 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Studios<\/a>, includes the option for the BBC to buy further series according to Deadline, which first reported the acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Andy Wolton, the show stars Rafe Spall and Esther Smith as a couple who go on a journey to adopt two children.<\/p>\n<p>Apple TV+ titles are typically exclusive to the tech giant\u2019s platform, although after their initial license period has passed, distributors have been exploring opportunities to exploit second-window rights with third-party broadcasters.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, ITVX acquired Uma Thurman-fronted drama Suspicion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadcastnow.co.uk\/itv\/itvx-snaps-up-apple-tv-drama-suspicion\/5202628.article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from distributor Fifth Season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, France\u2019s Studio TF1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadcastnow.co.uk\/home\/in-brief-happy-accidents-hire-netflix-comedy-order-tf1-picks-up-liaison\/5194082.article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been able to license<\/a> UK indie Ringside Studios and French label L\u00e9onis Productions\u2019 Apple TV+ espionage thriller Liaison to local commercial broadcaster TF1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC has acquired the first three series of Apple TV+ sitcom Trying for BBC1 and iPlayer, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-98954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}