One of this year’s biggest and most expensive British Original shows to be released on Disney+ (and on Hulu in the US) is “Rivals.” This adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper’s iconic book of the same name is packed full of romantic entanglements, dastardly deals, sex, and wit.
Without getting into spoilers, the show is set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England. “Rivals” delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986, with Alex Hassell (‘The Boys’) playing the dashing ex-Olympian, Rupert
