Rivals, Jilly Cooper
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,
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 David Tennant, Danny Dyer, Aidan Turner and Emily Atack
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.
'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.
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Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: 'No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously'
The sexual chemistry between characters leaps off the page and smoulders on screen,' says author and Jilly Cooper aficionado Daisy Buchanan.
‘I assumed Jilly Cooper’s Rivals would be drivel – the truth surprised me’
Following on from Riders – the first in Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles series which explores the racy showjumping set (and distinctly remembered for its risqué cover of a woman in tight white jodhpurs being spanked) – Rivals swaps the saddle for satellites, delving deep into the supposedly sexy world of television production.
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Why Disney+’s Rivals series could see Jilly Cooper hailed as Jane Austen of the 1980s
Despite its reputation, Jilly Cooper’s Rivals is a modern-day morality tale, with fabulous characters and coruscating dissections of country life and the pursuit of wealth
What a gen-z writer thought reading Jilly Cooper's Rivals for the first time
It was, of course, Riders by Dame Jilly Cooper, the first in the Rutshire Chronicles, which has sold over one million copies in the UK since its publication in 1985. Now, the second novel in the series,
I'm a huge Jilly Cooper fan and Rivals is the best TV adaptation of a book ever — here's why
So I was wary when I heard Rivals was being adapted for TV. How could anything capture the brilliance of Jilly Cooper? The humour? The heart? The gripping plot? Because that's the
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'Rivals' cast describe their audacious Jilly Cooper characters
National treasure Dame Jilly Cooper wrote beloved romantic novel Rivals in 1988, and it's now been adapted into a ...
Where was Disney+'s Rivals filmed? And can you visit Rutshire IRL?
These are all the filming locations used to create the town of Rutshire in Disney+'s Rivals, and if you can visit them.
Rivals star Lisa McGrillis speaks out on working with ‘filthy’ Jilly Cooper
Rivals actress Lisa McGrillis branded Dame Jilly Cooper as ‘naughty and filthy' during an appearing on Channel 4 hit show ...
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 ...
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Rivals Review: The Past as Science Fiction in Gleeful 1980s Bonkbuster
Rivals is a gleeful recreation of Dame Jilly Cooper's 1988 bonkbuster novel, one that offers the past as a kind of "Science ...
How we made Rivals: ‘Female pleasure was discussed at length’
I would happily argue that Rivals is one of the great English novels. It’s a witty, naughty, funny, sexy book that pokes at ...
Jilly Cooper’s steamy drama Rivals lands 93% Rotten Tomatoes score – here’s how to watch
Jilly Cooper’s steamy drama Rivals lands 93% Rotten Tomatoes score – here’s how to watch - The new series stars David Tennant, Emily Atack and Danny Dyer ...
Is there going to be a season 2 of Rivals?
Well, we binge-watched the entire first season of Disney+'s Rivals and now we're desperate to know if a second season is ...