Playing Nice release schedule, plot and cast as new James Norton drama airs
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New ITV thriller Playing Nice starring Happy Valley villain James Norton is hitting our screens this week. James Norton teams up with Niamh Algar from The Virtues in a drama surrounding two couples grappling with the reality that their three-year-old sons, Theo and David, were accidentally swapped at birth.
The families reach an uneasy agreement, but tension simmers beneath the surface. How long before their delicate arrangement unravels?. Adapted from JP Delaney's best-selling novel by Grace Ofori-Attah of Malpractice fame, Playing Nice promises to be a gripping limited series.
Cornwall Live reports how the limited series is set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, with filming previously taking place on the coast of Cornwall in 2023 and 2024. This is everything you need to know about Playing Nice from the plot, cast and TV release schedule.
A plot synopsis from ITV reads: "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?.
"Living a waking nightmare, Pete (James Norton) and Maddie (Niamh Algar) are jettisoned into the world of the other couple; Miles (James McArdle) and Lucy (Jessica Brown Findlay). "At first it seems all four are agreed on a solution, but it soon becomes clear that hidden motives are at play. How far can each couple trust the real parents of their child or even each other?.
