Polo: The lavish and racy classic from Sunday Times bestseller Jilly Cooper

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Meanwhile, NafessaWilliams ( Whitney Houston: IWannaDance with Somebody) plays Cameron Cook,a ferociously talented American TV executive, who’s brought toCoriniumby Tony to produce Declan’s newprime-timetalk show. During a recent interview with us Aidan revealed more about his Rivals role: "I look like I’m from circa 1975 but it’s for Jilly Cooper’s Rivals, which I’m filming until October. I hadn’t read Rivals before. It seems very British so it wasn’t really on my radar, but it’s really fun. But after we wrap the tache is definitely going to go and I’m going to take a break – I’d love a big holiday!" The stories heavily feature sexual infidelity and general betrayal, melodramatic misunderstandings and emotions, money worries and domestic upheavals. [18] Television adaptations of Cooper's novels are relatively few but have been accepted by national network ITV. Danny Dyer, meanwhile, is swapping ‘Eastenders’ for the countryside to play Freddie Jones, a noble-minded self-made electronics millionaire who, along with his wife Valerie (Lisa McGrillis), finds himself victim of Rutshire snobbery. At least, until Rupert and Tony need some of his dosh for a business proposition.

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The two men fought and fornicated their way around major cities of Europe side by side. Unfortunately, the feud between them erupts and results in unimaginable consequences during the Los Angeles Olympics. Jilly Cooper, CBE (born 21 February 1937), is an English author. She began her career as a journalist and wrote numerous works of non-fiction before writing several romance novels, the first of which appeared in 1975. She is most famous for writing the Rutshire Chronicles. When Jake and Rupert meet again for the first time since school, old rivalries are reawakened as they fight it out to prove who is the greater horseman and, perhaps more importantly, the greater lover. Along the way, Cooper gives us a peek into the lives of this close-knit community of tops riders, their horses, grooms and families. We see the highs and lows of life in the equestrian world, but who will eventually come out on top in the final showdown at the Los Angeles Olympics. Production began on 17 September 2007, in London. [13] Cooper was invited to make a cameo appearance as a guest at a party. [14] Its broadcast was delayed according to a Broadcast Now article in early 2009 as a consequence of the recession – ITV put many of their dramas 'on ice'; postponing single dramas until later that year. [15] The Guardian reported early in 2009 Octavia had no transmission slots for the forthcoming year and said, for accountancy purposes, its cost would not be counted until the show was broadcast. [16] Octavia had its first UK screening in 2009 with Tamsin Egerton taking the title role. Jilly Cooper takes revenge on critic by naming goat after her". The Daily Telegraph. London. 11 October 2010.In 1971, Cooper created the comedy series It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling, which featured Joanna Lumley, and ran for one series. [31] The series is being written by Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who was an executive producer on A Very English Scandal and EastEnders, and Olivier award winner Laura Wade, and who wrote the screenplay for the film The Riot Club. Riders is a 1985 novel written by the English author Jilly Cooper. It is the first of a series of romance novels known as the Rutshire Chronicles, which are set in the fictional English county of Rutshire. The story focuses on the lives of a group of top show jumping stars and follows the ups and downs of both their personal and professional lives. It was turned into a television film, Riders (1993), directed by Gabrielle Beaumont for Anglia Television and broadcast on the ITV Network.

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In Rivals. Alex Hassell plays the rakish and dangerously charismatic ex-Olympian and Tory MP. He’s had roles in The Boys, Silent Witness , The Miniaturist and was Metatron in His Dark Materials.

In more recent years, her Rutshire Chronicles have come under fire for dated and problematic portrayals of race, homosexuality, gender roles and sexual consent. [1] [2] [3]