The Rivals cast and crew spoke to British comedian and TV host Sue Perkins at a London preview about the series, joined by Cooper herself. As they spoke about their characters and the challenge of adapting Cooper's writing, we've distilled their conversation into a guide to each Rivals character and what to expect from the series.

Rivals is a new TV series on Disney Plus and is based on the Jilly Cooper novel of the same name. The show has a star-studded cast including David Tennant and Aidan Turner

Rivals dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of TV where hair-dos are big and ambitions are even bigger. "Deals