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How to have a Rivals-style stay in the Cotswolds

While we can’t take you to Rutshire, Cotswolds local Sian Lewis can do the next best thing with her guide to the hotels, restaurants, pubs and shops that Jilly Cooper’s characters would certainly approve of

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Victoria Beckham, Sophie Turner and Ambika Mod: Inside the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards

Industry titans and rising stars were out in force to celebrate females who have inspired, entertained and impressed us over the past 12 months

Evening Standard

Rivals season 2: cast, plot, latest news and everything we know

Rivals season 2 will take us back to the fictional county of Rutshire for the second part of Jilly Cooper's best-selling novel.

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Disney drops huge hint Rivals season 2 is on the way

Rivals series 2 would complete the story as the first series ends halfway through Jilly Cooper's romantic novel

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Is Rivals based on a true story? The inspiration behind the Jilly Cooper series

It's the raunchy Disney+ series everyone is talking about - but is it based on a real tale?

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Rivals: How Jilly Cooper’s riotous bonkbuster brought us the ultimate unexpected love story

COMMENT: Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson were the unexpected heart of the hit Jilly Cooper adaptation, writes Helen Coffey

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Danny Dyer reveals why his role in Rivals may change people's perception of him

Danny Dyer reveals all on playing a 'likeable' rogue in racy drama Rivals.

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If you can’t wait for Rivals season 2, you need to watch these 5 addictive TV shows

The date the second season of the Jilly Cooper adaptation lands on our screens has been announced

The Independent UK

Horniness, hedonism and hope: why Rivals makes me surprisingly nostalgic

The TV drama doesn’t shy away from the worst aspects of the Thatcher era. But this version of Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster also captures the lust, laughter and late-night parties

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Rivals; Mr Loverman; Life and Death in Gaza; So Long, Marianne – review

The super-posh carry on like soft porn stars in a witty Jilly Cooper adaptation; Lennie James plays a man with a secret life; the day-to-day struggle of life in Gaza; and when Leonard Cohen met Marianne

The Guardian - UK

Thank goodness for Rivals – its the injection of camp we all need

It’s flagrantly horny and completely unrepentant – what a treat

Evening Standard

I'm a huge Jilly Cooper fan and Rivals is the best TV adaptation of a book ever — here's why

Rivals won my heart in the first five minutes — and I'm not easy to impress!

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Rivals review – even the naked tennis scene is a triumph

Packed with sex, excess and fabulous awfulness, this adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s 80s bonkbuster starts as gloriously as it means to go on. Champagne all round!

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Rachel Johnson: Rivals is the anti-woke shot to the heart that modern TV needs

The BBC is out-of-touch but Rivals on Disney Plus is bold and free from political correctness and identity politics

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EXCLUSIVE: Rivals star Alex Hassell on why playing iconic playboy Rupert Campbell-Black is such a big deal

Rivals star Alex Hassell on what to expect from the steamy saga based on Dame Jilly Cooper’s famous novel

The Independent UK

Tories, bonking and naked tennis: David Tennant and the Rivals cast on bringing Jilly Cooper’s novel to screen

It’s been almost 40 years since Jilly Cooper released her scandalous, sex-filled novel ‘Rivals’, and now it’s finally been adapted for the small screen. Ellie Muir speaks to the cast about playing posh, and showrunner Dominic Treadwell-Collins tells her about the love letters he sent the author to try to…

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7 top new TV shows premiering on Netflix, Apple TV and more (Oct. 14-20)

This week's new TV shows include 'Shrinking' and 'NCIS: Origins'

The Guardian - UK

Exuberant bums abound on the new Rivals. What a relief

I’m deeply attached to Jilly Cooper, who sent me champagne for my wedding, and delighted that Disney has remained true to her denizens of Rutshire

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The Guardian - UK

Lock up your TV remote! Why Jilly Cooper’s Rivals was guaranteed to be joyous television

Cooper’s novel is full of wisdom, wit and emotional intelligence. When put on screen, even the gratuitous sex feels oddly wholesome

The Guardian - UK

Rivals to Shrinking: the seven best shows to stream this week

The 80s are back with a bang – and then some – in the sexy, starry and very silly adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s bonkfest, plus Jason Segel’s underrated comedy with Harrison Ford returns

Evening Standard

Rivals: who plays who in Jilly Cooper's new bonkbuster?

The Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper's best-selling novel boasts a who’s who of British stars

The Guardian - UK

Rivals first-look review – an eye-popping explosion of sex, more sex and bad wigs

Like a perfect cross between Carry On and Eurotrash, the Jilly Cooper classic starts with a couple bonking on a Concorde – and only ramps up from there. Brace yourself for a supremely fun time

The Guardian - UK

‘I was always the bit of totty’: Emily Atack on tabloids, trolls and life after The Inbetweeners

The role of Charlotte ‘Big Jugs’ Hinchcliffe made her a star – then she spent years trying to get the respect and the roles she deserved. Now, at the age of 34, she’s been having the time of her life shooting Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. What changed?

The Independent UK

Is Jilly Cooper right – has running really replaced our sex drive?

The racy novelist said she thinks pounding pavements has taken the place of the, er, more X-rated form of pounding. Helen Coffey asks if she’s right – and whether exercise is really to blame for us going off the boil in the bedroom department

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: dictator obsessive Munya Chawawa takes aim at North Korea

The polymath comic, who fled Zimbabwe as a child, investigates life in the hermit kingdom. Plus: Phillip Schofield does some self-reflection on the beach. Here’s what to watch this evening

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