Jilly Cooper’s Rivals was a defining novel of the 1980s with its full-on portrayal of the sex and backstabbing among an eccentric cast of characters in the fictional county of Rutshire.

Disney+ will debut the adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Rivals on October 18 in the UK. The eight-part series, featuring a star-studded cast, will also stream on Hulu in the U.S. Disney+ has announced ...

Everyone remembers the cover of Rivals by Jilly Cooper, aka the undisputed queen ... Rivals boasts an incredible cast, with Alex Hassell stepping into the shoes of the incorrigible rake that ...

Channel 4's commissioning editor of drama, discusses how such successes as Jilly Cooper's 'Rivals' adaptation and Steven Knight's 'A Thousand Blows' are shaping strategy.

Power, betrayal and fast-paced romance: the race is on to capture the Cotswold Crown, as Jilly Cooper’s iconic novel Rivals is being adapted into a new Disney+ TV series. Capturing all of the ...

"gigantic 80s hair" and "rumpy pumpy" is heading your way – it could only be a Jilly Cooper adaptation. Disney+ has given the legendary novelist's 1988 "bonkbuster" book "Rivals" a modern ...

After a cliffhanger ending in series 1 – evil TV boss Lord Tony Baddington (David Tennant) being hit back by his mistress, and Rupert Campbell-Black (played by Alex Hassell) finally confessing his ...

Made for Disney+, Rivals is based on Cooper’s 1988 novel of the same name ... One thing that the Rivals cast does have to be OK with is the nudity, for both male and female actors.

I ploughed through Rivals ... the Jilly mentality injected my life with a much-needed dose of spontaneity and curiosity. Instead of doomscrolling, I was out and about, being spontaneous, saying yes, ...