A new eight-part drama, based on one of Dame Jilly Cooper's so-called "bonkbusters" and partly filmed in the West, is being streamed. Rivals, released in 1988, has been adapted for a Disney+ series with an all-star cast including Aidan Turner and David Tennant.

Rivals also stars Luke Pasqualino ( The Musketeers, Snatch, Our Girl) as Tony’s younger half-brother, Basil ‘Bas’ Baddingham, a dashing polo player who owns Cotchester’s watering hole, Bar Sinister.

It was, of course, Riders by Dame Jilly Cooper, the first in the Rutshire Chronicles, which has sold over one million copies in the UK since its publication in 1985. Now, the second novel in the series,

Rivals author Jilly Cooper has shared how the Disney+ interpretation deviates from her original work written nearly four decades ago. Thrilled fans can at last immerse themselves in the world of Rivals as the eagerly anticipated adaptation made its debut on Disney+ this past Friday,

Rivals has finally landed on Disney+, bringing author Jilly Cooper’s hit 1988 book to life with an unmatched cast.