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Playing Nice

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Playing Nice
GenreDrama
Thriller
Created byGrace Ofori-Attah
Based onPlaying Nice by JP Delaney
Written byGrace Ofori-Attah
Directed byKate Hewitt
Starring
ComposerClint Mansell
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 2025 British thriller drama miniseries for ITV, based on the novel 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 an adaptation by 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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Ofori-Attah adapted the book Playing Nice by JP Delaney. It was produced by StudioCanal and Rabbit Track Pictures. Norton stars and is also an executive producer.[2][3][4] Algar had previously starred in Ofori-Attah's medical thriller Malpractice.

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]

Episodes

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No.EpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions)
11Kate HewittGrace Ofori-Attah5 January 2025 (2025-01-05)N/A
22TBAGrace Ofori-AttahTBATBD
33TBAGrace Ofori-AttahTBATBD
44UnknownGrace Ofori-Attah13 January 2025 (2025-01-13)N/A

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] The series became ITVX's best-ever drama launch on the service at the time of airing,[9] as well as ITV1's highest-rated new drama of 2025.[10]

Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 60% of 15 critics' reviews are positive.[11]

Anita Singh, for The Telegraph, reviewed the series positively, claiming a "child-swap thriller doesn’t need to be believable to be addictive".[12] 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.”[13] 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".[14]

References

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  1. ↑ Collier, Katie (22 November 2023). "Happy Valley's James Norton to star in ITV's Playing Nice". Northern Echo. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "ITV commissions psychological thriller, Playing Nice, starring James Norton, Niamh Algar, James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay". ITVX. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Darvill, Josh (21 November 2023). "Playing Nice TV series to star James Norton and Niamh Algar". Tellmix. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Lewis, George (22 November 2023). "Happy Valley's James Norton in first-look at new ITV thriller". Dogital Spy. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Kanter, Jake (21 November 2023). "'Happy Valley' Star James Norton To Headline ITV, StudioCanal Baby Swap Series 'Playing Nice'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Taylor, Mike (5 January 2024). "Playing Nice filming locations as James Norton praises 'very beautiful' Cornwall". Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "James Norton and Niamh Algar to star in new ITV1 psychological thriller 'Playing Nice'". I Talk Telly. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Mensah, Katelyn (22 November 2023). "James Norton and Niamh Algar lead psychological thriller Playing Nice". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "James Norton's divisive new ITV drama breaks record". Digital Spy. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "ITV1 leads the 9pm drama battle". Brodacast. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Playing Nice - Limited Series". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Singh, Anita (5 January 2025). "Playing Nice, review: child-swap thriller doesn't need to be believable to be addictive". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  13. ↑ Leigh, Janet A (27 December 2024). "Is James Norton's ITV drama Playing Nice worth watching?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  14. ↑ Aroesti, Rachel (5 January 2025). "Playing Nice review – James Norton's baby-swap thriller is mind-bendingly bad". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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