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Sex, scars and spoilers: Rivals is back for round two - here's all you need to know

Jilly Cooper’s gloriously naughty bonkbuster returns with even more scandal, intrigue and surprise resurrections

Evening Standard

It’s a show that gave midlife women passion, power, and scandal – so why did Rivals leave the BAFTAs empty-handed?

TV writer Lucy Wigley shares her verdict on one of the best shows of the year

Woman & Home

Katherine Parkinson on Rivals: ‘I’m just a normal 47-year-old woman who has breastfed two girls’

Her dynamite romance with Danny Dyer in the raunchy Jilly Cooper hit is the living definition of screen chemistry. The actor opens up about booze, being sexual – and why the porn generation have got it all wrong

The Guardian - UK

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Queen Camilla Got a Secret Early Preview of This "Racy" TV Series Inspired by Her Ex-Husband—But King Charles Isn't a Fan

To be a fly on the wall.

Marie Claire

I love a bad boy – and it’s been the bane of my life

IN FOCUS : A psychologist has claimed that there’s a chemical reason that we’re drawn to wild and hopefully tameable men – and it’s come as a relief to Charlotte Cripps

The Independent UK

Rivals renewed for a second series by Disney+

Author Dame Jilly Cooper said she has ‘adored seeing the world fall in love with my beloved characters’.

Evening Standard

A Hulu/Disney Plus fan-favorite with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is coming back for season 2

Rivals is returning!

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Rivals season 2 is announced — and Jilly Cooper gives her hilarious verdict

It's official! Rivals season 2 is on the way and Jilly couldn't be happier...

WhatToWatch

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

The Independent UK

Rivals season 2: cast, plot, latest news first look images 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.

WhatToWatch

This guilty pleasure show is the best thing you’re (probably) not watching on Hulu

'Rivals' is deliciously trashy —don't miss out

Tom’s Guide

Naked tennis, outback feuds and a chimp named Tonka: what we’re streaming in November

As I write this, people around the country will be recovering from last night’s Halloween shenanigans, perhaps even experiencing a candy-induced comedown.

The Conversation

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

WhatToWatch

Rivals ending explained: Is Tony really dead?

The Rivals ending delivered shocking plot twists that just kept on coming.

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Woman & Home

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?

WhatToWatch

Rivals episode 7 recap: Cameron teams up with Rupert, but can she be trusted?

Rivals episode 7 sees Venturer's star rising, but will their plan to bring down Tony work?

The Independent UK

Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson’s simmering love story is the hottest thing about Rivals

COMMENT: The ‘EastEnders’ soap star and comedy stalwart are the unexpected heart that makes Jilly Cooper’s new adaptation more than just a shallow bonk-fest, writes Helen Coffey

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Rivals episode 5 recap: is this the end of Tony Baddingham?

Rivals episode 5 sees Declan's world fall apart while Tony Baddingham does the unthinkable.

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Rivals episode 4 recap: Rupert faces Declan on live TV

Rivals episode 4 sees Declan ready to humiliate Rupert on his TV show, but what dirt has he dug up on his rival?

The Independent UK

If you loved Rivals, you need to watch these 5 addictive TV shows

A second season of the Jilly Cooper adaptation has just been confirmed

Tom’s Guide

Hulu just added an outrageous new comedy drama — and it's 94% on Rotten Tomatoes

Hulu's "Rivals" adaptation has debuted to rave first reactions. Here's what you need to know about this raucous new British comedy series.

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

WhatToWatch

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!

WhatToWatch

Rivals episode 3 recap: Has Taggie fallen for Rupert?

Rivals episode 3 sees a New Year's Eve party end in drama and debauchery.

The Conversation

Rivals: the highs and lows of adapting a 1980s ‘bonkbuster’ for a 21st-century TV audience

To much media fanfare and growing public anticipation, the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals (1988) begins on October 18. Cooper’s novel, first published in 1988, is a key “bonkbuster” text – a largely forgotten genre of women’s writing from the 1980s.

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