Playing Nice | |
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Based on | Playing Nice by JP Delaney |
Screenplay by | Grace Ofori-Attah |
Directed by | Kate Hewitt |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Nick Pitt |
Running time | 50 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 5 January – 13 January 2025 |
Playing Nice is a four-part television series for ITV, from StudioCanal. It is 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.
Two couples discover their children were switched at birth. [1]
Grace Ofori-Attah adapts the book Playing Nice by JP Delaney. StudioCanal and Rabbit Track Pictures produce. James Norton stars and is also an executive producer. [2] [3] [4]
The production got underway in Cornwall in November 2023. [5] Filming locations included St Ives and Padstow, as well as Mawgan Porth beach and Park Head, Cornwall and lasted into early 2024. [6]
The series was broadcast on ITV and its accompanying streaming / catch up service ITVX beginning on 5 January 2025. [7] [8]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 71% of 7 critics' reviews are positive. [9]
Anita Singh, for The Telegraph , reviewed the series positively, claiming a "child-swap thriller doesn’t need to be believable to be addictive". [10] Writing for Digital Spy , Janet A Leigh rated the series 5 stars, describing it as “the kind of show that will plague your mind in an infuriating, all-consuming, perfectly addictive way.” [11] However, Rachel Aroesti, writing for The Guardian , labelled the show "mind-bendingly bad" conclusively describing it as "the worst of modern television: a witless mystery overly reliant on insidious ambience and really nice houses". [12]
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