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,

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 ...

Jilly Cooper’s 1988 bonkbuster has been adapted into a smash hit TV series on Disney+, with a stellar all-star cast including David Tennant, Danny Dyer, Aidan Turner and Emily Atack

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.

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.

The writer herself appeared in a blink and you'll miss it moment, and here's what scene she appears in so you can watch it for yourself.