Behind the scenes and locations on Rivals

There's no Rivals trailer yet but we’ll be sure to post a trailer for Rivals as soon as it lands. (Image credit: Getty) Is there a trailer for Rivals? RIvals author Jilly Cooper meeting Camilla at the Cheltenham race festival. Katherine Parkinson ( The Kennedys, Humans, Here We Go) stars as Lizzie Vereker, a romantic novelist consistently overlooked by her preening and self-centred TV presenter husband, James Vereker, played by Oliver Chris ( The Crown, Trying). Meanwhile, Nafessa Williams ( Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody) plays Cameron Cook, a ferociously talented American TV executive, who’s brought to Corinium by Tony to produce Declan’s new prime-time talk show. Paul, on the other hand, is in the throes of a midlife crisis. Sarah is ambitious and not afraid to use her looks to get to the top. Luke Pasqualino ( Our Girl, Skins, The Musketeers) plays the charming Basil ‘Bas’ Baddingham, Tony’s younger brother and the proprietor of Cotchester’s hot spot, Bar Sinister. Emily Atack ( The Inbetweeners) plays Sarah Stratton, the new wife to Deputy Prime Minister, Paul Stratton, played by Rufus Jones ( W1A). There's plenty of other top cast in Rivals including Victoria Smurfit ( Bloodlands season 2) plays Maud O’Hara, a former actress and Declan’s bohemian, fickle wife, while Bella Maclean (Sex Education) plays their strong-willed elder daughter, Taggie. (Image credit: BBC/House Productions/Matt Squire) Who else is starring in Rivals? 'Viewers are in for a treat!'Ĭlaire Rushbrook as Cathy Rowley in Sherwood. 'The minute we met with Alex we knew he’d perfectly embody my all-time hero, the iconic, racy, ruthless, and devastatingly handsome, Rupert Campbell-Black,' says Jilly. He’s had roles in The Boys, Silent Witness, The Miniaturist and was Metatron in His Dark Materials. Alex Hassell plays the rakish and dangerously charismatic ex-Olympian and Tory MP. Rivals cast - Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black But a long-simmering power struggle between them threatens to boil over when the two men lock horns over the future of Corinium Television. Set in the ruthless, excessive world of independent television in 1986, it chronicles the rivalry of two powerful men - the rakish ex-Olympic rider and Tory MP Rupert Campbell-Black and his ambitious TV station controller Lord Tony Baddingham.

Rivals is part of Jilly Cooper’s racy 10-book 'Rutshire Chronicles’ series which follows members of England’s power-grabbing social elite as they fall in and out of bed with each other and fight tooth and nail to get ahead.

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