Rivals stars Alex Hassell and Aidan Turner have revealed that Jilly Cooper gave the third series storylines for their hit Disney+ series her blessing before she died.
Rivals, based on Dame Jilly’s novel, has been renewed for a third season, after the first half of its second run broke Disney+ ratings records.
Midway through production for the second series in October 2025, the beloved writer died at the age of 88 after an accidental fall at her Gloucestershire home.
She had been working with the Rivals production team at the time of her death, approving the scripts for season two.
And now the series stars
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