Playing Nice

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Playing Nice
Based onPlaying Nice by JP Delaney
Screenplay byGrace Ofori-Attah
Directed byKate Hewitt
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
  • Kitty Kaletsky
  • James Norton
  • Kate Crowe
  • Joe Naftalin
  • Isobel Carter
  • Grace Ofori-Attah
  • JP Delaney
ProducerNick Pitt
Running time50 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkITV
Release5 January (2025-01-05) –
13 January 2025 (2025-01-13)

Playing Nice is a British miniseries for ITV and based on the book of the same name by J. P. Delaney. James Norton stars and executive-produces via his production company Rabbit Track Pictures. Kate Hewitt directs from a script adaptation from Grace Ofori-Attah.

Synopsis

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When two couples discover their toddler sons were switched at birth, they struggle with the choice whether to keep the sons they have raised, or to reclaim their biological child.[1]

Cast

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Production

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Grace Ofori-Attah adapts the book Playing Nice by JP Delaney. StudioCanal and Rabbit Track Pictures produce. James Norton stars and is also an executive producer.[2][3][4]

Filming

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The production got underway in Cornwall in November 2023.[5] Filming locations included St Ives and Padstow, as well as Mawgan Porth beach and Park Head, Cornwall and lasted into early 2024.[6]

Broadcast

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The series was broadcast on ITV and its accompanying streaming / catch up service ITVX beginning on 5 January 2025.[7][8]

Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 60% of 15 critics' reviews are positive.[9]

Anita Singh, for The Telegraph, reviewed the series positively, claiming a "child-swap thriller doesn’t need to be believable to be addictive".[10] Writing for Digital Spy, Janet A Leigh rated the series 5 stars, describing it as “the kind of show that will plague your mind in an infuriating, all-consuming, perfectly addictive way.”[11] However, Rachel Aroesti, writing for The Guardian, labelled the show "mind-bendingly bad" conclusively describing it as "the worst of modern television: a witless mystery overly reliant on insidious ambience and really nice houses".[12]

References

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