This tumescent adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s 1980s bonkbuster from Disney+ is stuffed with pneumatic talent and opens with a statement of intent.
The first thing we see are the pumping buttocks of Alex Hassell’s Rupert Campbell-Black, caddish sexpot showjumper-turned-Thatcherite MP, as he initiates a female journalist into the mile-high club in Concorde’s lavatory. The heavy-breathing guitar licks of Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love ramp up as they break the sound barrier. Bang! Boom!
