‘Rivals’ Renewed For Season 2 At Disney+ & Hulu

Jilly Cooper drama Rivals will return for a second season.

Based on Cooper’s novel of the same name, the series is set in the Rutshire Chronicles universe and set against the background of the drama, excess and power-grabbing 1980s socially elite England, in the world of independent television.

In the U.S., Season 2 will once again stream on Hulu, while going out internationally on Disney+.

Season one stars the likes of David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Alex Hassall, Danny Dyer, Katherine Parkinson and Emily Atack, and was produced by ITV Studios-owned Happy Prince, which will return to make the second.

Cooper, who is an executive producer on the project, said: “Nearly 40 years after my novel Rivals was published, I’ve adored seeing the world fall in love with my beloved characters – Rutshire’s finest. And it has been a fairytale come true working with Happy Prince

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