Playing Nice

Playing Nice

What if your child was their child?

162025•50m•6.5/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(27)

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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Production

ITV, StudioCanal UK, Rabbit Track Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 5, 2025

Last Aired

January 13, 2025

Networks

ITV1

Created By

Grace Ofori-Attah

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Episode 1

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 2025-01-05

When Pete and Maddie find out something devastating about their son Theo, they soon meet another set of parents in the same situation.

Episode 2

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2025-01-06

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.

Episode 3

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 2025-01-12

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.

Episode 4

E4

Episode 4

Air date: 2025-01-13

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.

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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