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Is Monica really dead in Rivals, and when can we expect episode 7 of the show to arrive?

A distressing turn of events in episode 6 saw Claire Rushbrook's Monica Baddingham apparently bowing out of the series

Woman & Home · Jun 8

When Will 'Rivals' Season 2 Part 2 Come Out? Release Date and What to Expect After Shocking Cliffhanger

The British drama series 'Rivals' returns with Season 2 Part 2 in November 2026. Here's what to expect after the shocking events of the mid-season finale.

International Business Times UK · Jun 8

Rivals' Alex Hassell: 'I struggled to accept why anyone would cast me as a macho figure'

As the bonkbuster series returns, Rivals star Alex Hassell talks sex, silliness and naked cartwheels — and why being bullied at school means he’s happy to be objectified now

Evening Standard · May 14

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‘We all miss her so much’: Queen’s tribute to Jilly Cooper on Rivals set

Dame Jilly was an executive producer and the visit to the studio in Bristol had been organised before her death in October.

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2025

‘A bit silly’: What TV bosses got wrong about Jilly Cooper’s wonderful books

‘A group of people saw Jilly’s work as naff but another group saw it as dangerous and sexy,’ said ‘Rivals’ showrunner Dominic Treadwell-Collins

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Aidan Turner says Rivals cast ‘became pals’ and filming was ‘so much craic’

The Poldark actor plays Declan O’Hara in the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s book.

Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2025

Rivals’ Danny Dyer says ‘surprise’ best actor award is a ‘revelation’

The 47-year-old received the gong at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards ceremony in London on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2025

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Marathon training leaves Lisa McGrillis ‘sore’ not cinched for Rivals return

McGrillis is running the TCS London Marathon on April 27 for the British Heart Foundation with her best friend Mary Cann whose husband died suddenly.

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025

Tories, bonking and naked tennis: David Tennant and the Rivals cast on bringing Jilly Cooper’s novel to screen

It’s been almost 40 years since Jilly Cooper released her scandalous, sex-filled novel ‘Rivals’, and now it’s finally been adapted for the small screen. Ellie Muir speaks to the cast about playing posh, and showrunner Dominic Treadwell-Collins tells her about the love letters he sent the author to try to…

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024

Rivals: release date, recaps, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know about the Jilly Cooper adaptation

Rivals on Disney Plus is an adaptation of the famous Jilly Cooper novel with David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Alex Hassell, Katherine Parkinson and Danny Dyer among the cast.

WhatToWatch · Mar 25, 2023

Jilly Cooper bestseller Rivals set for eight-part TV adaptation

The second novel in Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles – following Britain’s sex and power-mad elites of the 1980s – will have a ‘2020s lens’ in a new Disney+ series

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

Jilly Cooper's bonkbuster Rivals transformed into eight-part Disney+ TV series

Her bestselling book series is described as “drama, sex and good social comedy” and now Jilly Cooper’s Rivals is set to be transformed into an eight-part TV drama by Disney+

Daily Mirror · Aug 25, 2022

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