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Rivals season two return date confirmed as Disney+ unveils first look

David Tennant, Danny Dyer and Aidan Turner return to hit Jilly Cooper adaptation later this year

The Independent UK

Prue Leith, Mary Berry and Celia Imrie confirmed for Cheltenham Literature Fest

In October, The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival will host more than 500 events across 10 days.

Evening Standard

Dame Jilly Cooper leaves her children £8.5m in will

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Dame Jilly Cooper leaves eye-watering fortune to family in will

Rivals writer died aged 88 in October last year

The Independent UK

Rivals season 3 renewal was the only correct decision for hit bonkbusting series — but Hulu and Disney+ fans have forgotten what important detail will be missing

It's hardly a surprise, but Hulu and Disney+ have confirmed that Rivals season 3 has been renewed. However, we're forgetting that something important will be missing.

TechRadar

Hit Jilly Cooper drama Rivals confirmed for third series on Disney+

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The Independent UK

Rivals renewed for a third series by Disney+

The hit show is based on the best-selling novel written by Dame Jilly Cooper.

Evening Standard

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As Rivals series 3 is confirmed by Disney, when is episode 7 released?

Jilly Cooper drama ended with heartbreaking bombshell in mid-season finale

The Independent UK

Is Monica really dead in Rivals, and when can we expect episode 7 of the show to arrive?

A distressing turn of events in episode 6 saw Claire Rushbrook's Monica Baddingham apparently bowing out of the series

Woman & Home

Rivals season 2 episode 6 has the worst cliffhanger ending of any TV show this decade — and it proves why streamers like Hulu and Disney+ are doing so badly by its LGBTQIA+ characters

Rivals season 2 episode 6 has ended its mid-season break with a shock death that absolutely nobody saw coming — but not only was it completely unnecessary, it's lazy storytelling.

TechRadar

Rivals’ Rutshire – a place where modern Britain’s brutal divisions disappear in a cloud of sex

As the second series of the Jilly Cooper adaptation climaxes, we can be thankful that quality TV doesn’t always have to be bleak and stressful, says Jess Cartner-Morley

The Guardian - UK

I couldn’t understand my mother’s dementia – until a character from Rivals showed me the way

When my mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, one remark in Jilly Cooper’s romp made me realise how much my happiness is tied to her wellbeing

The Guardian - UK

Five Great Reads: a tinned tomato taste test and a chat with Alan Davies

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

From racy riders to romantic rivals: Jilly Cooper’s best books – ranked!

The second series of Rivals has put the bestselling author’s brand of saucy jollity back on screen, but what is her bonkbuster nonpareil?

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Evening Standard

Dame Jilly Cooper told Rivals writers to stop making her ‘macho men’ cry

Laura Wade, executive producer on the show, said Dame Jilly was like a ray of ‘human sunshine’ but had dished out one memorable piece of criticism.

The Independent UK

Why the Rivals age-gap relationship doesn’t matter to millennials like me (but it probably should)

OPINION: As the Jilly Cooper-inspired series bursts onto the small screen with more sex scenes than ever, Olivia Petter asks why young women like her are suddenly cheering on a relationship they would normally deem problematic

The Conversation

Rivals season 2: Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire drama shows good sex from a woman’s point of view

Good sex on the screen seems to be having a moment. Steamy gay ice hockey romance Heated Rivalry made stars of its unknown leads Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie. The most recent season of Bridgerton – in which the titular family’s son and their lady’s maid fall passionately in love…

The Independent UK

Jilly Cooper’s literary agent to ‘piece together’ her final draft

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The Independent UK

‘A wonderful surprise’: Posthumous Jilly Cooper story to hit shelves if final draft can be ‘pieced together’ by team

‘Rivals’ author died from a fatal head injury aged 88 in October last year

The Guardian - UK

Rivals actor Katherine Parkinson lauds series for depicting women’s view of sex

Bafta winner tells preview screening in Bristol there is not enough on television about the female perspective

The Independent UK

Obsessed with Rivals? Here’s how to read Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles books in order

There are 11 books in the cult book series

The Independent UK

‘Well now, what’s repeatable?’ The magnificent Jilly Cooper remembered by the women who worked with her

TV: As the second series of ‘Rivals’ gallops onto our screens, Felicity Blunt and Victoria Smurfit tell Lauren Morris what it was like working with the late Dame Jilly Cooper

The Independent UK

Rivals season 2 review – Thrusting buttocks and heaving bosoms... Jilly Cooper’s escapist romp is back

4/5 Well-written, well-acted and enormously fun, the series remains a rare treat in today’s television landscape

Evening Standard

Rivals star David Tennant reveals BAFTA ban 'worries' over major scene

The actor, 55, plays ruthless television boss Lord Baddingham in the Disney plus drama

Woman & Home

Rivals cast recall shock ‘proposition’ Jilly Cooper made to them before her death: ‘It was very risqué’

As the 'bonkbuster' series returns, the Rivals cast recall a moment of Jilly Cooper's eye-popping humour

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