The late Dame Jilly Cooper was a powerhouse of the literary scene. With 44 books under her belt, the author is much loved for her racy novels and memorable characters. Writing about social politics, sex, drama and intrigue in the English countryside, Cooper became a titan of the “bonkbusters” genre, a term coined in the Seventies and Eighties.
Now, Cooper has garnered a whole new generation of fans, thanks to Disney+’s TV adaptation of Rivals, which is part of the author’s Rutshire Chronicles series. Debuting with a 93 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes, the eight-part drama starred David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Emily Atack, Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson – and now the trailer for season two has just been released.
