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Playing Nice

Playing Nice

What if your child was their child?

20256.61 Season4 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, two couples discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up, and face a horrifying dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaim their biological child?

Created by Kitty Kaletsky
Produced by Nick Pitt
NetworksITV1

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Top Cast

James Norton

James Norton

Pete Riley

Niamh Algar

Niamh Algar

Maddie Wilson

James McArdle

James McArdle

Miles Lambert

Jessica Brown Findlay

Jessica Brown Findlay

Lucy Lambert

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Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookparent child relationshipsoncornwall, englandparentparentinglegal battlechild custodyswitched at birthco-parentingparental rightsfather son relationshipmother son relationshipthriller

About Playing Nice

Playing Nice is a drama series that first aired in 2025 exploring themes of based on novel or book, parent child relationship, son, cornwall, england, parent, parenting. Created by Kitty Kaletsky, it stars James Norton, Niamh Algar, James McArdle. Set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, two couples discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up, and face a horrifying dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaim their biological child?

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