The 1 Part Of Rivals' TV Adaptation Jilly Cooper Didn't Like
The show, adapted from Dame Jilly Coopers’ 1988 novel of the same name, features “high fences and low morals,” the book’s author says. Starring David Tennant and Aidan Turner alongside Katherine Parkinson,
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National treasure Dame Jilly Cooper wrote beloved romantic novel Rivals in 1988, and it's now been adapted into a fittingly saucy TV series with Disney+ and Hulu. Part of the author's famous Rutshire Chronicles, the story throws you into the competitive TV ...
Steamy new drama Rivals is based on a Jilly Cooper novel – here’s how to watch
In the book, Lord Baddingham is desperate to retain his TV franchise. Hiring Irish talk show star Declan O’Hara and handsome but brash producer Cameron Cook, the two men begin to detest each other, leading to a storm of controversy. Enter bad boy Rupert Campbell-Black to stir up even more trouble.
'Ruthless world' of Jilly Cooper's Rivals series
A new eight-part drama, based on one of Dame Jilly Cooper's so-called "bonkbusters" and partly filmed in the West, is being streamed. Rivals, released in 1988, has been adapted for a Disney+ series with an all-star cast including Aidan Turner and David Tennant.
Rivals: Did you spot this Dame Jilly Cooper cameo in the series?
Jilly, who served as an executive producer on the series, had a surprise cameo role in the fifth episode of the season. During the episode we see writer Lizzie Vereker (Katherine Parkinson) pay a visit to her book agent in London. They have a long lunch and during the lunch her agent reads out a particularly steamy extract from Lizzie's new book.
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Disney+ fans delighted as they spot Jilly Cooper's surprise cameo in Rivals
Eagle-eyed viewers were delighted when they spotted the "perfect moment" Jilly Cooper appeared in a cameo during the ...
Fans spot ‘perfect moment’ Jilly Cooper makes her long-awaited cameo in Rivals
Jilly Cooper’s 1988 bonkbuster has been adapted into a smash hit TV series on Disney+, with a stellar all-star cast including ...
I lived in the real Jilly Cooper Cotswolds – it was pure Eighties hedonism
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Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: 'No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously'
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Did You Spot Dame Jilly Cooper's Cameo In 'Rivals'?
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The two Jilly Cooper 'bonkbuster' films that paved the way for Rivals - and how key characters have been totally transformed
Cooper's latest adaptation, Rivals, premiered on October 18, 2024, and continues the tradition of exploring the opulent and ...