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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jamie Grierson

Rivals actor Katherine Parkinson lauds series for depicting women’s view of sex

A man and woman looking flirtatiously at each other
Katherine Parkinson with Danny Dyer in a scene from the second series of Rivals. Photograph: Robert Viglasky Photography/Disney+

The Bafta-winning actor Katherine Parkinson has lauded the television series Rivals for its “radical” depiction of sex from a woman’s perspective.

Speaking at a preview screening in Bristol, where much of the series was filmed, Parkinson, who plays the romance author Lizzie Vereker in the show, said there were not enough examples on television of a woman’s view of sex.

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