Switched at birth

James Norton stars in a gripping thriller about the devastating repercussions of a hospital mix-up

- STEVEN PERKINS

NEW THRILLER

Playing Nice

Sunday & Monday, 9pm, ITV1 (box set, ITVX)

The lives of two couples are changed for ever in ITV1's fourpart psychological thriller Playing Nice when they discover their children were swapped at birth.

Stay-at-home dad Pete (James Norton) and restaurateur Maddie (Niamh Algar) have a chaotic but contented life with their toddler Theo until they receive the devastating news that, owing to a hospital mix-up, Theo is the biological child of Miles (James McArdle) and Lucy (Jessica Brown Findlay), whose son David is Pete and Maddie's birth child.

Still reeling from the shock, the two couples arrange an informal meeting to decide what's best for the children's future - but not everyone is being completely honest about their motives. At first, it seems all four parents are agreed on a solution, but how far can each couple rely on the other?