Hold onto your shoulder pads and polish up your greatest double entendres, as a result of a second season of Rivals – the runaway hit Disney+ present primarily based on Jilly Cooper’s bestselling novel – will start filming this month. The first iteration of Dame Jilly’s 80s story of Cotswolds sexual politics and bare tennis-playing starred Alex Hassell, David Tennant, Nafessa Williams, Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson, romping their method round nation piles and searching dinners. Now, they will be again for a second, steamy instalment – and filming is quickly to begin.
Jilly Cooper expressed her pleasure on the news of a second season of Rivals in her characteristically breathless method final yr, telling the world: ‘I’m orgasmic with pleasure and can’t watch for the return of my superhero Rupert Campbell-Black and the remainder of the characters in season two!’ Fans shall be transported again to the racy climes of Rutshire over 12 episodes, throughout which ‘wit, desire and dramatic twists’ come collectively to forge some critical sexual stress. ‘As power struggles escalate and rivalries deepen, ambition drives every move, pushing loyalties to the edge,’ reads the tantalising press launch.
