Ratings: 2.6million watch ‘Playing Nice’

6 Jan

More than 2.6 million people watched James Norton’s new drama Playing Nice on ITV1 last night.

The thriller got off to a strong start, with many more viewers streaming the drama on ITVX, where all four episodes are available to watch on demand.

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? Living a waking nightmare, Pete (James Norton) and Maddie (Niamh Algar) are jettisoned into the world of the other couple; Miles (James McArdle) and Lucy (Jessica Brown Findlay). At first it seems all four are agreed on a solution, but it soon becomes clear that hidden motives are at play. How far can each couple trust the real parents of their child – or even each other? As Pete and Maddie are stretched to breaking point, they realise they will stop at nothing to keep their family together.