No, we begin with a behind.
Specifically, that of Rupert Campbell-Blackthe most handsome man in Britain, and a rider of horses and women.
Hes ravishing the ghostwriter of his memoir in an airplane bathroom on his way to the United States.
Alex Hassell in episode one of Rivals.
Addicted to Love is playing.
The sound barrier breaks.
A lot, it turns out.
David Tenant is “never better” as Lord Tony Baddingham.
David Tenant, according to theNew Statesman, is honestly never better as television boss Lord Tony Baddingham.
Slimy and smarmy,The Standardcalls the performance an etiolated preying mantis, stalking malevolently through the buttocky countryside.
David Tenant is never better as Lord Tony Baddingham.
Rivals, starring Alex Hassell, David Tenant, Nafessa Williams, and Danny Dyer, is the sexiest series now streaming on Disney+.
Soon there is mutiny afootin both the boardroom and the bedroom.
In his role as electronics billionaire Freddie Jones, Danny Dyer is perfectly cast, saysThe Guardian.
He also has the seal of approval straight from Dame Jilly Cooper herself.
Victoria Smurfit as Declan O’Hara’s rambunctious wife, Maud
Many, no doubt, would long for his tongue in theirs too.
Theres so much to enjoy about the show, including the gloriously camp 80s aesthetics.
Upper-crust horse riders making eyes with the caterers over a mountain of vol-au-vents?
Danny Dyer is “perfectly cast” as Freddie Jones, pictured here with Lisa McGrillis as Valerie Jones.
Shoulder pads sharp enough to poke out a wandering eye?
Stunning shots of the Gloucestershire hills?
Check, check, and check.
Nafessa Williams is the best in the business as Cameron Cook
Rivalsmaybe on Disney+, but Coopers 1988 bestseller has not been Disneyfied.
The humor is blue, the politics are incorrect, and the politicians are anachronistically sexy.
A version of this article previously was published inTatler.
