Lust and power!

An all-star cast gets passionate in Dame Jilly Cooper's racy story set in the world of 1980s television...

- REBECCA MAHONEY.

Buckle up for secrets, scandals, lust and lies in a steamy adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper's bestselling novel Rivals. Set in the heady world of independent television in 1986, the eight-parter follows the feud between TV boss Lord Tony Baddingham (David Tennant) and handsome Olympic showjumper-turned-Tory MP Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell). While plotting to expand his media empire, Tony spies an opportunity to publicly destroy Rupert when he hires a new chat-show host, Declan O'Hara (Aidan Turner).