No, Rivals is not based on a true story. However, it is based on the Jilly Cooper novel of the same name, which is inspired by Cooper's own experiences of life in the '80s and living in the Cotswolds.

No, it is not based on a true story. Instead Rivals is an adaptation of Jilly Cooper's 1988 novel of the same name. Rivals is the second book in the Rutshire Chronicles, a series of novels based in the fictional county of Rutshire, part of the Cotswolds, and follows the lives of a group of upper-class friends.

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Let's get one thing clear, we are 100 per cent, completely and utterly obsessed with Disney+'s Rivals. The series, based on Dame Jilly Cooper's iconic novel of the same name, follows the glamorous and shocking lives of a groups of friends/frenemies in the upper class society of Rutshire.