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Disney+ Sets Premiere Date For Jilly Cooper Adaptation ‘Rivals’


Disney+ has set a premiere date for 'Rivals,' the Jilly Cooper adaptation starring David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Katherine Parkinson and Danny Dyer.

Lee Mason, Disney’s director of scripted content in Europe, announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival that the eight-part series will drop on October 18 in the UK. Among the wider ensemble is Nafessa Williams( Black Lighting), Bella Maclean( Sex Education), Parkinson( Humans), Victoria Smurfit ( Bloodlands), Claire Rushbrook ( Sherwood), Oliver Chris ( The Crown), Lisa McGrillis ( Mum), Emily Atack ( The Inbetweeners), Rufus Jones ( W1A), Luke Pasqualino ( Skins) and Catriona Chandler ( Pistol). In addition to Treadwell-Collins and Wade, the series writers room also includes Sophie Goodhart ( The Baby, Sex Education), Marek Horn, Mimi Hare and Clare Naylor ( The Accidental Husband), Dare Aiyegbayo ( The Dumping Ground, EastEnders), Kefi Chadwick ( Looted, Avoidance), Tray Agyeman, and Sorcha Kurien Walsh ( The Pink Pill).

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