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Playing Nice

Playing Nice

2025TV Mini Series
DramaThriller
7.1
IMDB Rating
4,815 votes

Two couples discover their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up and face the horrifying dilemma of keeping the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaiming their biological child.

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Niamh Algar, James Norton, Alban Guo
Release Date
August 26, 2025
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Niamh Algar
Niamh Algar
as Maddie Wilson
James Norton
James Norton
as Pete Riley
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Alban Guo
as Theo Riley
James McArdle
James McArdle
as Miles Lambert
Jessica Brown Findlay
Jessica Brown Findlay
as Lucy Lambert
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Fraser Cornelissen
as David Lambert
Sunetra Sarker
Sunetra Sarker
as Anika Chowdhury
Theo Ogundipe
Theo Ogundipe
as Ollie
Alisha Bailey
Alisha Bailey
as DS Ridley
Sarah Edwardson
Sarah Edwardson
as Lyn Edwards

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Rabbit Track Pictures, StudioCanal

🏷️ Keywords

tv mini seriescornwall englandswitched at birthbased on novel

🎯 Categories

DramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Not enough depth
by chunkylefunga2025-01-07
6/10

"The subject matter starts off well. What would any of us do if we discovered that our child wasn't our child. The frustration and confusion at the start makes sense and you do get a fairly accurate take on what 4 regular people would do in this scenario. Then however, they made Pete become a complete man child without zero intellectual though, making basic mistake after basic mistake and being far too trusting for any normal human being. Then of course he forgets that he was a journalist and shows next to zero of these skills, showing zero attempt to do any basic research. With 99% of h..."

💡 Did You Know?

Is based on the novel Playing Nice by British author JP Delaney. He was also the author of The Girl Before which was adapted into a drama for the BBC.

📖 Synopsis

Two couples discover their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up and face the horrifying dilemma of keeping the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaiming their biological child.