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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?

The Guardian - 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 Independent UK

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…

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What is the release date for Rivals season 2 episode 4 on Hulu and Disney+?

Tony Baddingham has launched his most hostile revenge on Rupert Campbell-Black yet. But when does Rivals season 2 episode 4 drop on Hulu and Disney+?

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Rivals season 2 almost had a major 'legal battle' with Chaka Khan's estate over this improvised line in episode 2 — as star claims it 'just slipped out'

You might miss it, but Chaka Khan's name is briefly mentioned in Rivals season 2 episode 2 — and it almost resulted in a 'major legal battle', according to one star.

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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

Where is Rivals season 2 filmed? Beautiful West Country locations featured in the hit show

From Elizabethan manors in the Cotswolds to chocolate box Wiltshire towns, here is where you can find the incredible locations featured in Rivals season 2

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‘Hilariously bad orgasm faces’ and ‘full-frontal swimmers’: Rivals season 2 reviews are in

Series two of the Jilly Cooper adaptation is back on our screens today

The Independent UK

Rivals season 2 has arrived and Victoria Smurfit teases ‘juicy, naughty, outrageous’ scenes fans will devour

The 'bonkbuster' series is the escapism we need as Victoria Smurfit teases what to expect from the new episodes

Woman & Home

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

The Independent UK

6 best new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, and more (May 15–May 17)

The Punisher: One Last Kill, Rivals season 2, and more great shows and films to fill your weekend

Total Film

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

Woman & Home

Rivals' Alex Hassell: 'I struggled to accept why anyone would cast me as a macho figure'

As the bonkbuster series returns, Rivals star Alex Hassell talks sex, silliness and naked cartwheels — and why being bullied at school means he’s happy to be objectified now

Evening Standard

Rivals Season 2 review: Trousers down for another glorious round of romping and revenge

5/5 A welcome return to the 1980s – political incorrectness and all – for the bonkbuster’s second season on Disney+

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What is the release date for Rivals season 2 episodes 1-3 on Hulu and Disney+?

Is Tony Baddingham dead? Can Freddie and Lizzie actually ever be together? And when do Rivals season 2 episodes 1-3 drop on Hulu and Disney+?

The Independent UK

Danny Dyer teases even more nudity in Rivals season 2: ‘I go full frontal’

Jilly Cooper series returns this week to Disney+

The Guardian - UK

Rivals season two review – if I could give this exquisite bonkbuster 10,000 stars, I would

The gloriously knowing adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel gets a tremendous second season. Its fabulous escapism is beyond earthly praise

The Independent UK

Where to watch Rivals season 2 as critics hail it a five-star hit

We were obsessed with the first instalment but Rivals season two looks even hotter

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Evening Standard

New Rivals trailer promises more drama, romance and polo

The trailer offers a glimpse of the residents of Rutshire’s favourite sport, with the first episodes premiering on May 15.

The Guardian - UK

Marcus Gilbert obituary

Actor who starred as Rupert Campbell-Black in the TV series Riders in the 1990s and in the Rambo and Evil Dead film franchises

The Independent UK

Rivals season two ‘will feature cameo by Eighties music legend’

Second season is due to air later this year and will see the return of castmembers David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Danny Dyer and Alex Hassell

Evening Standard

‘We all miss her so much’: Queen’s tribute to Jilly Cooper on Rivals set

Dame Jilly was an executive producer and the visit to the studio in Bristol had been organised before her death in October.

The Independent UK

The Queen visits Rivals set for behind-the-scenes tour in tribute to friend Jilly Cooper

‘It’s so sad she’s not here,’ says the Queen, just months after the famed author’s death

Evening Standard

Rivals 'cast and crew's raunchy drug-taking all-nighters' revealed

‘One star was still so high, their eyes were totally wild so they had to send them home,’ a source claimed

The Independent UK

Rivals star reveals Jilly Cooper visited set just days before her death

Author also watched three episodes of new season, says Alex Hassell

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