Articles about Rivals
Getting the party started
Rivals executive producers Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Alexander Lamb join Missing You EP Richard Fee and directors Kari Skogland and Mohini Herse to consider how to best build TV productions to ensure creativity remains at the heart of the drama.
Team building
Rivals, Mary & George, Kaos, Bridgerton and The Tattooist of Auschwitz meant 2024 was a stellar year for television – and for casting director Kelly Valentine Hendry. She tells DQ about her approach to her role, self-taped auditions and why TV must continue to take risks.
Series to Have Watched: 2024
DQ looks back over the past year of television to pick out the shows that were worth tuning in for, from a Post Office scandal and a Welsh crime drama to a stellar spy thriller and a stalker series that proved to be the surprise hit of the year.
Five Minutes With… Alex Hassell
The Rivals star talks Disney+’s Jilly Cooper adaptation, playing the “intimidating” showjumper-turned-politician Rupert Campbell-Black and why actors should be brave enough to take on challenging roles.
Love, power and Rivals
Disney+ brings high drama and romance with Rivals, an adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper’s novel. DQ visits the set to meet the stars and creative team behind this lavish, witty exploration of 1980s duelling egos in the fictional county of Rutshire.
Series to Watch: October 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this October, from a dark German comedy and a Australian romantic drama to a thrilling Welsh crime noir and the first series from Danish director Thomas Vinterberg.
Disney+ out to beat Rivals
TRAILER: Alex Hassell, David Tennant, Aidan Turner and Bella Maclean lead a starry cast in Rivals, an adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel coming to Disney+ and Hulu in the US on October 18.
Disney+ reveals Rivals teaser
TRAILER: Disney+ has released the first teaser trailer for Rivals, its upcoming adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel of the same name starring Alex Hassell, Bella Maclean, Katherine Parkinson, David Tennant, Aidan Turner and Nafessa Williams.
Disney+ lines up Rivals
FIRST LOOK: Here’s Alex Hassell, David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Nafessa Williams, Katherine Parkinson and Bella Maclean in Rivals, the upcoming Hulu and Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel of the same name.