How to Buy a Baby: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

30-something couple Jane and Charlie have given up on making a baby the fun way. Diagnosed with infertility, they are resigned to needing invasive assistance if they are to become parents. They are determined to keep things fertili-fun, but what happens when so many people are involved in the intimate act of procreation? Can a marriage survive with the financial and emotional pressures of infertility? Darkly funny and achingly honest, How to Buy a Baby follows a couple through a cycle of in vitro fertilization.

Series details

• Title: How to Buy a Baby
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2017-11-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-08-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: CBC Gem
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 7 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 33446
• IMDb ID: tt5848774
• TVDB ID: 338073

Cast and credited roles

• Meghan Heffern — Jane
• Marc Bendavid — Charlie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-11-13; final listed air date 2017-11-13; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-08-23; final listed air date 2019-08-23; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from How to Buy a Baby on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.