TV series

Playing Nice

Name: Playing Nice
Released: 2025
Cast: James Norton, Niamh Algar, James McArdle, Jessica Brown Findlay

2025· 1 season· 50 min episodes★ 6.9Ended

On ITV1 — From ITV · StudioCanal UK

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Synopsis

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?

Themes

based on novel or book parent child relationship son cornwall, england parent parenting legal battle child custody switched at birth co-parenting parental rights father son relationship mother son relationship thriller

Episodes

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E1 Episode 1Next upJan 5, 2025 · 48 min
Synopsis
When Pete and Maddie find out something devastating about their son Theo, they soon meet another set of parents in the same situation.
Guest stars: Lucy Phelps (Suzy), Theo Ogundipe (Ollie), Philippe Spall (Martin Swale), Miriam Lucia (Dr. Hannah Wendle), Poppy Roe (Naomi Relph), Jude Mack (Tania), Amy Morgan (Jen), Witney White (Maya)
E2 Episode 2Jan 6, 2025 · 48 min
Synopsis
Pete and Maddie begin an expensive and painful fight to keep Theo, but the constant dredging up of their past starts to damage their relationship.
Guest stars: Theo Ogundipe (Ollie), Sunetra Sarker (Anika Chowdhury), Michelle Greenidge (Rhoda Verran), Phil Davis (John Riley), Madeleine Akua (Jill), Rebekah Murrell (Stella), Becky Brunning (Cathy), Posy Sterling (Kiera Keenan)
E3 Episode 3Jan 12, 2025 · 47 min
Synopsis
When Miles leaks the story to the press, the fallout hits Pete who soon realises that he must dig into Miles' murky past to save his family.
Guest stars: Theo Ogundipe (Ollie), Amy Morgan (Jen), Cara Mahoney (Paediatric A&E Doctor), Sunetra Sarker (Anika Chowdhury), Phil Davis (John Riley), Posy Sterling (Kiera Keenan), Alisha Bailey (DS Ridley), Akbar Kurtha (DS Chopra)
E4 Episode 4Jan 13, 2025 · 50 min
Synopsis
The conclusion of the psychological thriller series. The final court hearing looms and the boys' fate must be decided as Pete and Maddie look set to lose everything.
Guest stars: Sunetra Sarker (Anika Chowdhury), Rebekah Murrell (Stella), Sarah Edwardson (Lyn Edwards), Maureen Beattie (Edith Lambert), Sam Hoare (Mr. Kelly), Maxine Finch (Judge M. Wakefield), Daniel Weyman (Dr. Elliot Taylor), Kate Edney (Sally Holan)