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‘Rivals’ Renewed for Season 2 at Disney+ and Hulu


Jilly Cooper's sex-laden upper class novel 'Rivals' is set for a Season 2 at Disney+ and Hulu.

Based on Cooper’s bestselling “bonkbuster” of the same name, the series stars Emily Atack, Aidan Turner and David Tennant as residents of a fictional English village called Rutshire where they regularly fight, flirt and fornicate. Season 1 ended on a cliffhanger, with Cooper’s iconic hunk Rupert Campbell-Black (played by Alex Hassell) finally giving in to his feelings for his friend’s daughter Taggie (Bella Maclean), some 16 years his junior, and evil TV boss Tony Baddingham (Tennant) getting his comeuppance after violently beating his mistress and employee Cameron Cook (Nafessa Williams). Disney+ EMEA scripted director Lee Mason added: “It’s been phenomenal seeing the reaction to Dame Jilly Cooper’s ‘Rivals’ – this autumn’s most talked about series.

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