Despite this, they’re fairly easy to follow, with the added bonus of you being likely to find a favourite character somewhere in the book. The Rutshire Chronicles series are all doorstoppers, with multiple storylines and so many characters they require a character list at the start of each book. Any of these books are my go-to read for when I’m looking for something comforting and familiar. This started my deep love affair with the Rutshire Chronicles the series that these books are from. Jilly Cooper image: Edward Whitaker, Racing Post.Review: The first Jilly Cooper novel I read was Riders I was fourteen years old, I liked the cover and I had nothing better to do. The three new stages at TBY2 increase the total number of stages at The Bottle Yard Studios to 11. Over 40,000 sq ft of ancillary space is also available. It offers three new acoustically-treated sound stages with 20,000 sq ft, 16,500 sq ft and 7,000 sq ft of clear span build space with maximum heights of 34ft. TBY2, which opened last year, is situated less than half a mile from the main Bottle Yard site in south Bristol. I cannot wait to see who will be stepping into his shoes…let the hunt for our Rupert Campbell-Black commence!” “I know they will bring the boardroom battles and love triangles of my characters to life – particularly those of my devastatingly handsome hero. Throughout my childhood, my favourite word was ‘Disney’, and by a miraculous coincidence, greater-than-ever Disney are joining forces with an utterly brilliant drama company, Happy Prince, to turn my novel into a TV series. The writers’ room also includes Sophie Goodhart, Marek Horn, Mimi Hare, Clare Naylor, Dare Aiyegbayo, Kufi Chadwick, Tray Agyeman and Sorcha Kurien Walsh.Īt the time of the commissioning announcement, Cooper (pictured, above) said of the greenlight: “I am so, so excited.

Treadwell-Collins has written the series with Laura Wade. Rivals is set in the fictional county of Rutshire (as part of the author’s Rutshire Chronicles series of books) and is set in the cutthroat world of independent television in the late 1980s.Ĭooper’s regular protagonist, the dashing Rupert Campbell-Black, is at the centre as he comes up against his rival, Rutshire neighbour and TV franchise controller Tony Baddingham. Happy Prince is producing the eight-part series, with the prodco’s Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Alexander Lamb executive producing, along with Elliot Hegarty (who is lead director on episodes 1-3) Cooper, Felicity Blunt, Laura Wade and Lee Mason. Production is based at the Bottle Yard Studios’ new facility, TBY2. A lengthy shoot gets underway in Bristol this week (w/c 6 March) on a shiny new Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals.

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