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Fans spot ‘perfect moment’ Jilly Cooper makes her long-awaited cameo in Rivals
Jilly Cooper’s 1988 bonkbuster has been adapted into a smash hit TV series on Disney+, with a stellar all-star cast including David Tennant, Danny Dyer, Aidan Turner and Emily Atack
The 1 Part Of Rivals' TV Adaptation Jilly Cooper Didn't Like
The show, adapted from Dame Jilly Coopers’ 1988 novel of the same name, features “high fences and low morals,” the book’s author says.Starring David Tennant and Aidan Turner alongside Katherine Parkinson,
Rivals: Did you spot this Dame Jilly Cooper cameo in the series?
Jilly, who served as an executive producer on the series, had a surprise cameo role in the fifth episode of the season. During the episode we see writer Lizzie Vereker (Katherine Parkinson) pay a visit to her book agent in London. They have a long lunch and during the lunch her agent reads out a particularly steamy extract from Lizzie's new book.
'Ruthless world' of Jilly Cooper's Rivals series
A new eight-part drama, based on one of Dame Jilly Cooper's so-called "bonkbusters" and partly filmed in the West, is being streamed. Rivals, released in 1988, has been adapted for a Disney+ series with an all-star cast including Aidan Turner and David Tennant.
I'm a huge Jilly Cooper fan and Rivals is the best TV adaptation of a book ever — here's why
Taggie and Caitlin looking out for each other when their parents are otherwise engaged, Lizzie's embarrassment over her photo on her book, Freddie sneaking extra potatoes and, lonely Rupert going home alone as the camera pans out, making him seem smaller and smaller and his huge house even bigger... it's all perfect.
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Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: 'No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously'
The sexual chemistry between characters leaps off the page and smoulders on screen,' says author and Jilly Cooper aficionado Daisy Buchanan.
‘I assumed Jilly Cooper’s Rivals would be drivel – the truth surprised me’
Following on from Riders – the first in Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles series which explores the racy showjumping set (and distinctly remembered for its risqué cover of a woman in tight white jodhpurs being spanked) – Rivals swaps the saddle for satellites, delving deep into the supposedly sexy world of television production.
'I read Jilly Cooper's Rivals for the first time - here are my honest thoughts'
It was, of course, Riders by Dame Jilly Cooper, the first in the Rutshire Chronicles, which has sold over one million copies in the UK since its publication in 1985. Now, the second novel in the series,
Rivals author Jilly Cooper shares how Disney+ drama differs from book with first scene
Rivals author Jilly Cooper has shared how the Disney+ interpretation deviates from her original work written nearly four decades ago. Thrilled fans can at last immerse themselves in the world of Rivals as the eagerly anticipated adaptation made its debut on Disney+ this past Friday, October 18.
What a gen-z writer thought reading Jilly Cooper's Rivals for the first time
It was, of course, Riders by Dame Jilly Cooper, the first in the Rutshire Chronicles, which has sold over one million copies in the UK since its publication in 1985. Now, the second novel in the series,
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'Rivals' cast describe their audacious Jilly Cooper characters
National treasure Dame Jilly Cooper wrote beloved romantic novel Rivals in 1988, and it's now been adapted into a ...
Rivals star Lisa McGrillis speaks out on working with ‘filthy’ Jilly Cooper
Rivals actress Lisa McGrillis branded Dame Jilly Cooper as ‘naughty and filthy' during an appearing on Channel 4 hit show ...
Rivals author Jilly Cooper shares Disney+ drama changes including raunchy opening scene
Rivals has finally landed on Disney+, bringing author Jilly Cooper’s hit 1988 book to life with an unmatched cast.
I lived in the real Jilly Cooper Cotswolds – it was pure Eighties hedonism
For those who were there 40 years ago – and even for those who weren’t – a blissful form of escapism is offered by the TV ...
Sex, Horses and Stately Homes: Bringing a Naughty British Romance to TV
Jilly Cooper, 87, has written raunchy novels for decades. Adapting her 1988 book “Rivals” for the streaming age meant ...
Exclusive: Rivals stars Emily Atack and Claire Rushbrook talk 'raunchy' scenes and working with 'naughty school girl' Jilly Cooper
Emily Atack opened up about filming "raunchy" scenes in Disney+'s racy romance series Rivals, adapted from Jilly Cooper's ...
Disney+’s ‘Rivals’: The Inside Story Of How A Producer Overcame The “Snobbery” Of British TV To Bring Jilly Cooper To Screen
EXCLUSIVE: Disney+’s Rivals may launch tomorrow but the Jilly Cooper adaptation has been living inside producer Dominic ...
Ask Shrimsley: were the ’80s as much fun as Jilly Cooper says?
There was no naked tennis on our street, mainly because people didn’t have tennis courts but perhaps there was a lot of naked table tennis instead, hence that famous ’80s catchphrase “ping pong; ding ...