Playing Nice cast and plot as new Cornwall based drama airs on ITV

Playing Nice stars explain how realistic birth-switching drama really is

ITV is kicking off the new year with Playing Nice, a tense new drama about two couples who find out their toddlers were switched at birth. “At first, it seems all four are agreed on a solution, but it soon becomes clear that hidden motives are at play,” reads the official synopsis.  But just how realistic is the story, which was adapted from the JP Delaney novel of the same name?   “It’s more common than you think,” said James McArdle. “There wa…

Playing Nice plot and cast as new James Norton drama airs

Playing Nice is a brand new psychological thriller for ITV which stars a number of A-list actors - here's everything you need to know from the release date to the cast

Playing Nice cast and plot as new Cornwall based drama airs on ITV

The Happy Valley star James Norton will star alongside Niamh Algar from Channel 4's The Virtues as two couples discover their their 3-year-old sons, Theo and David, were switched at birth in a mix-up.

ITV Playing Nice review, a four-part psychological thriller

Mumsnet editor and mum-of-two, Rebecca, shares her thoughts on ITV’s new Playing Nice that airs on January 5th, 2025.

ITV's Playing Nice: How Postnatal Depression Can Be Weaponised Against Mothers

ITV1’s new psychological baby-swap drama, Playing Nice, is guaranteed to shock audiences. Based on the bestselling book by JP Delaney, it centres around two couples, Maddie and Pete (played by Niamh Algar and James Norton) and Lucy and Miles (Jessica Brown Findlay and James McArdle), who had premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at the same time – only to later discover the babies were accidentally swapped, and they went home with…

James Norton on Playing Nice, masculinity and being close to burnout

After mesmerising – and terrorising – viewers as a killer in Happy Valley, James Norton is once again shifting gears in new ITV drama Playing Nice...