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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

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

Woman & Home

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

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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

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+

Evening Standard

Jilly Cooper's raunchiest bonkbusters, from Riders to Rivals

The best-selling author has died at 88, leaving behind a legendary legacy of literary filth

Evening Standard

‘Jilly Cooper was the absolute queen’: writers pay tribute to the beloved author

The writer was an astute observer of English class – and a champion of complicated female heroines

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Rivals ending explained: Is Tony really dead?

The Rivals ending delivered shocking plot twists that just kept on coming.

WhatToWatch

Rivals episode 7 recap: Cameron teams up with Rupert, but can she be trusted?

Rivals episode 7 sees Venturer's star rising, but will their plan to bring down Tony work?

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Rivals episode 5 recap: is this the end of Tony Baddingham?

Rivals episode 5 sees Declan's world fall apart while Tony Baddingham does the unthinkable.

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Rivals episode 4 recap: Rupert faces Declan on live TV

Rivals episode 4 sees Declan ready to humiliate Rupert on his TV show, but what dirt has he dug up on his rival?

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Rivals episode 2 recap: Rupert makes a dangerous new enemy

Rivals episode 2 sees Declan's career skyrocket, while Rupert ruins a dinner party.

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Rivals episode 1 recap: a steamy welcome to Rutshire

Rivals episode 1 sees lust and power going to everyone's heads in 80s rural Britain.

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Lock up your TV remote! Why Jilly Cooper’s Rivals was guaranteed to be joyous television

Cooper’s novel is full of wisdom, wit and emotional intelligence. When put on screen, even the gratuitous sex feels oddly wholesome

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‘Are you good in bed?’ Jilly Cooper on horses, lefties and which fictional character she would like to sleep with

As her much-loved story Rivals is turned into a lavish Disney+ production, the author answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including David Tennant, Caitlin Moran and Gillian Anderson

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Tackle! review – Jilly Cooper takes on the beautiful game

The octogenarian writer brings her unique brand of sexy silliness to the story of a League One football team, with mixed results

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