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Playing Nice is a new ITV series telling the heart-wrenching tale of babies switched at birth and the parental dilemma of which child to keep.

Based on the best-selling novel by JP Delaney, the original story about the wrangle between the two couples was set in London but this television adaptation has moved the drama to the rugged, sweeping coastline of Cornwall.

Kitty Kaletsky, the show’s executive producer said: “The book is actually set in London, so us relocating the story to a breathtaking part of the country felt really important to kind of elevate it both aesthetically and in terms of its themes.

“The story is about being on the edge. It’s about getting in too deep and, not to kind of mix metaphors too much, but Cornish people do literally live on the edge of our country, and they are surrounded by water in a way that our four sort of feel like they’re drowning.

So, thematically and visually, it felt really important to embrace the localarea.”

The four-part series, starring James Norton, Niamh Algar, James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay, started airing on Sunday 5 January and will conclude on Monday 13 Janaury.

Norton, who was an executive producer on the show, said: “I love filming in Cornwall!

“It’s been an amazing experience… on the second day offilming James McArdle [plays Miles] and I had to surf for a scene which was really fun.

“We had the dramatic Cornish landscape to work with and we filmed on some of the most beautiful cliffs and coastline in the country.

“St Ives is very beautiful and we went pottering around the town during lunch breaks.

“It’s a really special thing to entrench ourselves in the community.

“We wanted something to truly define the world in which our characters live in and Cornwall has does that with it’s foreboding seas, crashing waves, beautiful skies and clouds.”

Mevagissey was used for some of the street scenes in Playing Nice. (Photo: John Keeble/Getty)

The small fishing port of Mevagissy on the south coast of Cornwall is a picture postcard village of narrow streets winding down to its twin harbour.

Named after two Irish saints, St Meva and St Issey, it has become a popular holiday spot just a stone’s throw from the Lost Garden’s of Heligan.

In Playing Nice, the village was used for some of the street and harbour scenes in the first episode when Pete is with his toddler son Theo.

Mawgan Porth

Mawgan Porth is a stunning, beach between Padstow and Newquay on the north coast of Cornwall which is renowned as a great place to surf.

Cornwall-born and bred, Norton’s character Pete enjoys surfing, and Mawgan Porth was the location for many of the surfing shots.

Norton revealed he and the cast were given lessons by an instructor on the North coast bay in readiness for filming.

He said: I loved it!

“We met a surf instructor called Pete, who’s now become a friend, and he tookus surfing to get us ready for the surf scenes.

“Luckily for me, my character Pete is not a good surfer!

“Instructor Pete runs a surf school called King Surf in Mawgan Porth andhe was a hero.”

Porthcothan Beach was used as backdrop for some of the location shots. (Photo: AL Hedderly/Getty)

Porthcothan on the north coast of Cornwall is a small village with a beautiful beach, backed by sandy dunes and rugged cliffs at each side.

It was used as the backdrop for some of the beach scenes in the series.

Watergate Bay

Watergate Bay is one of the most well-know bays along the north coast of Cornwall, a surfing mecca, home to the Boardmasters Festival and the luxury Watergate Bay Hotel.

Filming for Maddie’s restaurant took place at Zacry’s, part of the Watergate Bay Hotel complex, which boasts stunning views across the wide beach.

The restaurant was previously Emily Scott’s but is now under the direction of Chris Eden.

The Tate Gallery St Ives. (Photo: Hugh R Hastings/Getty)James McArdle, playing Miles, inside the Tate St Ives for the second episode of Playing Nice. (Photo: Joss Barratt/ITV)

The Tate St Ives art gallery in the fishing port and artists’ haven of St Ives, in the far west of Cornwall, is the backdrop for part of episode two.

The gallery, part of the Tate group, is used for a black-tie fundraising event which both couples attend.

Jubilee Pool, Penzance

The Jubilee Pool is the largest and possibly the UK’s most well known saltwater pool on the coast at Penzance in west Cornwall. Opened in 1935, it is a triangular pool filled on the high tide with a kids pool, geothermal pool and sauna attached.

Episode two of Playing Nice sees Lucy visit the pool with her toddler son, as does Maddie with her son. Separately, Pete is seen swimming at the location.

Pete, played by James Norton, in the neonatal unit with his son. (Photo: Joss Barratt/ITV)

Truro and Penwith College is a further education college mostly based in Truro offering academic and vocational courses.

It’s newly-opened STEM and Health Skills Centre in Bodmin, normally used to train nursing staff, was the filming location for the neonatal unit after the birth of both boys.

Park Head, Bedruthan

Park Head is a dramatic headland, north of Bedruthan Steps, on the north Cornwall coast.

Managed by the National Trust, in summer the headland is covered in wild flowers.

The iconic setting, from which you can see along the north Cornwall coast, is the rugged backdrop for the final scene in the drama to play out.

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