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Rivals is hailed by critics as Jilly Cooper's 80s romp is branded 'a vivacious bonkbuster' that will leave viewers blushing and cackling
The saucy drama, based on the bestselling novel, focuses on the tense rivalry between Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) and Lord Tony Baddingham (David Tennant).
Nick Curtis wrote for The Evening Standard that the latest 'bonkbuster' is full of talent and opens with a bang on to the screen with Alex Hassell’s Rupert Campbell-Black's sex-scapade in the toilet of a plane. The Mail's Jane Fryer gave the eight-part series five stars and revealed the show 'kicks off with so much sex and swearing and nudity and ridiculously brilliant, tongue-in-cheek fun' that viewers won't want to tear their eyes away. It kicks off with so much sex and swearing and nudity that it almost feels as if, instead of chopping out some of Jilly’s joy, executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins and his brilliant team of writers have added even more in
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