Rivals is coming back for a second helping of drama and debauchery, with season 2 only a matter of months away, a new trailer has confirmed.
The romping Dame Jilly Cooper adaptation has shared a first teaser for the sophomore season, alongside an official Disney Plus release date.
Alongside the one-minute snapshot of the gang back in their 80s gear, the teaser confirms the smash show will be returning to screens on May 15.
The second season continues the adaptation of the late and much-missed Jilly Cooper’s novel Rivals, after season one covered the first half of the twisty tome.
Next up is our entry into the glamorous world of polo, as well as the continued battle for the South West television station franchise and more extramarital entanglements than we will know what to do with.
‘Welcome to the naughtiest show on television,’ Emily Atack’s character Sarah Stratton purrs as the teaser kicks into a montage of shower sex, popping champers and pool parties.
‘We are at war!’ David Tennant’s Tony Baddingham tells the gathered Corinium office in another scene, as the Venturer skirmish reaches a new fever pitch.
Rivals has the chocolate box assortment of British acting talent – Tennant! Alex Hassell! Aidan Turner! Katherine Parkinson! Danny Dyer! – as well as new additions, chiefly Hayley Atwell as Rupert Campbell-Black’s ex-wife and Rupert Everett (an actor born to be on this show) as her husband.
The synopsis teases: ‘More ruthless than ever, Tony Baddingham is determined to dismantle his rivals piece-by-piece, weaponising scandal and manipulating those closest to him to maintain his grip on power.
‘Amidst the hedonistic glamour of 80s excess, the personal lives of our Rutshire heroes spiral into chaos.’
It continues: ‘Marriages fracture under the weight of ambition, illicit affairs threaten to shatter families, and long-buried secrets ignite with explosive consequences.
‘As rivalries push everyone to the brink, loyalties are tested and hearts are broken in the pursuit of victory. But what is the true cost of war?’
The show will arrive in two batches of six episodes, the first of which will debut on May 15 with a three-episode premiere, followed by an episodic release for the remaining three.
The second batch will be released later in the year on Disney Plus, with no confirmed date for part two just yet.
Rivals season 2 launches on Disney Plus on May 15.
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