Rafe Spall and Esther Smith announce they are expecting their first child together with Smith showing off her ‘little bump’

Trying co-stars Rafe Spall and Esther Smith are expecting their first child together.

The real-life couple went public with their romance in November 2022, after it was revealed Rafe and former Hollyoaks star Elize du Toit – who have three children together – had split after 12 years.

Rafe and Esther appeared on ITV’s Lorraine on Tuesday to promote the fourth series of the Apple TV+ comedy, and Esther said: ‘I’ve got a little bump.’

Asked if the pregnancy could be weaved into a potential series five plot, Esther said: ‘We hope there’s another series.’

Rafe – who is the son of ‘Harry Potter’ star Timothy Spall – added: ‘We don’t know yet.’

Trying co-stars Rafe Spall and Esther Smith are expecting their first child together.

The real-life couple went public with their romance in November 2022, after it was revealed Rafe and former Hollyoaks star Elize du Toit – who have three children together – had split after 12 years

The couple admitted they can’t wait to welcome their child into the world, and hope to start work on a fifth season afterwards.

Esther said: ‘We’ll have a baby, and then we’ll carry on, perhaps, with that [‘Trying’].’

Rafe added: ‘We’re very excited.’

In Trying, Rafe and Esther portray couple Jason Ross and Nikki Newman who want to become parents, but struggle to conceive a child.

Rafe previously admitted he loved filming the show because he got to spend time with Esther.

Speaking in July 2022, he said: ‘I get to hang out with Esther all day. We really get on. She’s my favourite person I’ve ever done acting with.’

He also said: ‘People often comment on the chemistry we have.

‘I’m really pleased that people enjoy it, but they won’t enjoy it as much as we do.’

As well as ‘Trying’, Esther is best known for appearing in ‘Uncle’ and ‘Cuckoo’, as well as portraying Delphi Diggory in play ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’.