Dame Jilly Cooper's Rivals gets a release date on Disney+

[ahkna]

🚨 RIVALS IS STREAMING ON 18 OCTOBER! WE REPEAT RIVALS IS STREAMING ON 18 OCTOBER! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/ERxh6WfMIL
- Disney+ UK (@DisneyPlusUK) August 21, 2024
Legendary bonkbuster author Dame Jilly Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles is getting another adaptation. Rivals is set in the fictional region of 'Rutshire' where the power-grabbing social elite of

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[hellojeds]

I also adored this book when I was a teenager OP!

I don't know Alex Hassell but I think any actor who plays Rupert Campbell-Black will struggle to live up to Jilly Cooper's creation. Not sure about David Tennant as Tony Baddingham either, I think I might find him a bit cringy? Got my fingers crossed he proves me wrong though.

[misoras]

Alex was a Royal Shakespeare Company player, make of that what you will lol.

[misoras]

I watched Alex at the Globe almost 20 years ago and it’s a surprise his career is peaking like now.

[insomniachobs]

I do have affection for the absolute stupidness of Riders - first 'bonkbuster' we all snuck under our mums' noses as teenagers lol.