Jilly Cooper based her iconic Rivals lothario on a trio of society figures - and one has a close connection to the Royal ...

Atwell will be playing Helen Gordon, Rupert Campbell-Black’s ex-wife and mother of his two children, Marcus and Tabitha.

Rupert Everett and Hayley Atwell to star in Rivals series two - The Disney+ series centres on a group of wealthy media types ...

The first season of the Disney+ adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper's hit 1988 novel of the same name was a unanimous hit — ...

Rivals, part of Cooper’s “ Rutshire Chronicles ,” focuses primarily on the sociopolitical competitive antics of politician Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) and TV director Lord Tony Baddingham ...

Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett join the cast as Emily Atack says she loved playing sexy Sarah Stratton: 'I am her. I'm a ...

Also joining the ensemble of the Hulu and Disney+ series are Maxim Ays, Holly Cattle, Oliver Dench, Amanda Lawrence, Bobby ...

Lee Mason, executive director of scripted originals, EMEA Disney+, added: “It’s been phenomenal seeing the reaction to Dame Jilly Cooper’s Rivals — this autumn’s most talked about series.

Jilly had married military book publisher Leo Cooper at the age of 24 in 1961. The pair knew each other as children and reunited in their twenties. Unable to have their own children, they adopted two.

Dame Jilly Cooper, queen of the 'bonkbuster' novel, was honoured at Windsor Castle today for her services to literature and charity having recently published her 52nd book, 'Tackle!' ...

When Jilly married Leo Cooper, in 1961, she never balked at being expected henceforward to be ‘the ministering angel that soothed away the pain and restored his faith in human nature’ after a ...