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ITV’s Playing Nice: Join our interactive watch thread to win £200 (TV PACE)

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LibbyMumsnet · 02/01/2025 09:22

Exciting update from MNHQ! Series writer Grace Ofori-Attah will be joining us this week to answer your questions about the Playing Nice series. Post your questions for Grace on this thread.

Playing Nice is available to stream now on ITVX

We’re teaming up with ITV to bring you a live watch-along of Playing Nice, their gripping new drama that’s bound to have everyone talking. We’ll be watching right alongside you, so hop into the thread and share your thoughts, theories, and reactions in real time and be in with the chance of winning a £200 voucher for a store of your choice.

Here’s the setup (brace yourself): Set against the stunning Cornish coastline, Playing Nice follows two couples as they uncover a heart-wrenching secret - their toddlers were accidentally switched at birth. Now, they face an impossible decision: keep the children they’ve loved and raised, or reclaim their biological child.

It’s tense, emotional, and we’re betting it’ll spark some heated debate. What would you do in their shoes? Let’s unravel it together - don’t forget the popcorn.

Trigger warning: Playing Nice doesn’t shy away from difficult topics, including family separation, identity, postpartum depression, emotional trauma, and domestic abuse, which some viewers may find distressing

LibbyMumsnet · 05/01/2025 20:03

For those who haven’t watched it yet…

Playing Nice starts in one hour on ITV1! Don’t forget to tune in, we’ll be watching along with you and will be on here after to discuss

BeckyAMumsnet · 05/01/2025 21:02

Watching too Smile love Niamh Algar.

BeckyAMumsnet · 05/01/2025 21:25

Just added TV pace to the title so there are no spoilers. 😱

I didn't like the way Miles just darted into the house when he first arrived.

BeckyAMumsnet · 05/01/2025 21:26

bothbusyandbored · 05/01/2025 21:11

Is it a JoJo one? We had it a year or so ago!

It is! My son had the same one.

BeckyAMumsnet · 05/01/2025 21:36

When David reached out to Maddie 😯

Also don't trust Miles. He went from all smiles and surfing/let's go get that drink to face like stone when they left, and Lucy is clearly walking on eggshells around him.

I think Pete and Maddie are quite a realistic portrayal so far, they're in shock and bamboozled.

BeckyAMumsnet · 05/01/2025 22:05

Bastards! We were right not to trust him from the get go.

So is thumping Theo just a typical preschooler acting up because of all the upheaval or is this a foreshadowing that he's a mini-Miles and all Machiavellian and will grow up to steal the moon? Definitely some early nature v nurture themes emerging in episode one I reckon.

And OMG whyyyyy tell them about the hospital? Arrrrrrrgh. I was shouting at the TV. Can't decide if Pete is naive or is one of those very nice, easygoing people who can't wrap his head around someone else being evil. Or both.

BeckyAMumsnet · 05/01/2025 22:20

Thanks for watching with us. 👀See you tomorrow at 9 pm for more creepy Miles.

BeckyAMumsnet · 06/01/2025 19:51

Evening all. Just a reminder that tonight’s episode airs on ITV 1 at 9 pm. Hope you can join us. Brew

BeckyAMumsnet · 06/01/2025 21:15

Wallasey123 · 06/01/2025 21:11

Mental state?!?! FUMING he would use PND against her like that

I knew he would when Pete referred to it in episode one.FGS Pete.

BeckyAMumsnet · 09/01/2025 12:15

hugsandpugs · 08/01/2025 15:42

I know I’ve been dying to watch the episodes too but trying to be patient 😂

Quite liking the TV pace too. Reminds me of the old days 😄

BeckyAMumsnet · 11/01/2025 10:29

Just a reminder to avoid spoilers for those of us committed to watching on the telly 😆

Episode three is airing on ITV1 tomorrow night at 9 pm. We’ll post a reminder an hour before and hope you can join us.

BeckyAMumsnet · 11/01/2025 11:14

tilypu · 11/01/2025 10:55

It's really not difficult to get someone's address, unless they are careful about it. Websites like 192.com. Also, she owns a restaurant. If it was a limited company, her address may well appear on freely available information from companies house.

I may have missed it, but I don't think there was any suggestion that they got the address officially.

It would also befit Miles' character to track them down. In episode two he revealed he knew a lot about them when they visited his house.

BeckyAMumsnet · 12/01/2025 20:04

Evening all. Hope you’re as excited as we are for episode three. It’s on at 9 pm on ITV1 - see you later Wine

BeckyAMumsnet · 12/01/2025 22:01

C’mon Pete, fgs man. I really dislike how Maddie’s PND is used against her. Miles is even more sinister than we first thought, and the bar was set pretty low.

BeckyAMumsnet · 12/01/2025 22:16

Jellykat · 12/01/2025 22:02

Ahaa, is Lucy going to crack and tell all at some stage during the last episode?

Yes I thought so too.

LibbyMumsnet · 14/01/2025 10:24

We’ve got a surprise...

Series writer Grace Ofori-Attah will be joining us this week to answer your questions about the Playing Nice series.

Start sending your questions through!

LibbyMumsnet · 16/01/2025 19:48

Hi everyone - as promised, Series writer Grace Ofori-Attah will be answering some of your questions shortly!

Here is Grace's bio:
Grace studied Medicine at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and worked as a consultant psychiatrist in Camden and Islington before switching to screenwriting full time. Grace was selected as the first ever Writer’s Apprentice for Carnival Film & Television and she was also selected for the 4Screenwriting 2017 scheme. She was selected for the BAFTA Elevate talent scheme for writers in 2018. MALPRACTICE, Grace’s first original drama series, aired on ITV/ITVX in April 2023. The 5 part thriller, directed by Boiling Point’s Phil Barantini, starred Niamh Algar as Dr. Lucinda Edwards.

We hope you find Grace's answers interesting!

LibbyMumsnet · 22/01/2025 09:50

Thanks to everyone who got involved with this watch thread. We hope you enjoyed Playing Nice!

The winner of the prize draw is @Jellykat - congratulations!

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