Playing Nice

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Playing Nice
Based onPlaying Nice by JP Delaney
Screenplay byGrace Ofori-Attah
Directed byKate Hewitt
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
  • Kitty Kaletsky
  • James Norton
  • Kate Crowe
  • Joe Naftalin
  • Isobel Carter
  • Grace Ofori-Attah
  • JP Delaney
ProducerNick Pitt
Production companies
Original release
Network ITVX

Playing Nice is an upcoming four-part television series for ITVX, from StudioCanal. Set in Cornwall and based on the book of the same name by J.P. Delaney, James Norton stars and executive produces through his production company Rabbit Track Pictures. Kate Hewitt directs from a script adaptation from Grace Ofori-Attah.

Contents

Synopsis

Two couples discover that their children were switched at birth. [1]

Cast

Production

Grace Ofori-Attah adapts the book Playing Nice by JP Delaney, directed by Kate Hewitt. StudioCanal and Rabbit Track Pictures produce, with Nick Pitt as series producer. Executive producers are Kitty Kaletsky, Kate Crowe, Joe Naftalin, with Isobel Carter and Ofori-Attah and Delaney. James Norton stars and is also an executive producer. [2] [3] [4]

Filming

The production got underway in Cornwall in November 2023. [5]

Broadcast

The series will be broadcast on ITV1 and ITVX in 2025. [6] [7]

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