Rivals

No, seriously.

Hello and welcome to Series 2, Episode 5 of The Ravishing Podcast, and this series is all about Rivals.

If you're new here, we're talking through Jilly Cooper's Rupture Chronicles in order, discussing the chaos, the drama, the sex, and everything else that gets thrown in along the way.

This series, we're talking about Rivals, book two in the series, and the inspiration for the masterpiece that is the Rivals TV series on Disney Plus and Hulu.

I'm Lib, I'm here

with my mum, Jen.

I'm excited that Race Across the World is coming back.

to my shame i don't think i've ever missed an episode of the apprentice um uh i so i like a lot of you know hunted i i i i like so there's there's um there's but and i like a lot of comedy i smoggy queens on bbc is one of my favorites i am enjoying this ellie and natassia is back which is a kind of a bbc um uh sketch show but in drama um I mean, I love Rivals.

My old, you know, it's run, that show is run by my old story producer from BBC, for EastEnders, Dominic Treadwell Collins.

And Rivals is, you know, basically if you cut Dominic open, you'd see Rivals.

He was pitching Julie Cooper to me 19 years ago.

It's been his dream to make that.

Okay, I hope everybody's been taking notes.

I have, because those are some pretty good recommendations.

Um, and he was, he was a big character.

Um, you know, and I think when he left, people were very, very sad that he had left EastEnders, but he went on to, uh, Rivals, which is on Disney+.

Right.

Right.

Yeah

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but I think after, after he's done Rivals, I think it's, it's pushed him even better.

It's made him global.

And this one is all about rivals.

If you're new here, we're talking through Julie Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles in order, discussing the chaos, the drama, the sex, and everything else that gets thrown in along the way.

This series, we're talking about Rivals, book two in the series, and the inspiration for the masterpiece that is the Rivals TV series on Hulu and Disney+.

I'm Lib, and I'm here with my mum, Jan.

We know you love the TV show, so don't worry, we will be talking all about it.

Yeah.

And, and I don't mind.

And also, if we're talking about speculating for the future of the TV show, they're reaching the end of the book of Rivals.

Gonna re-watch The Split, all right? No judgment.

She's also been in Rivals, which is coming back this November.

Yes.

Uh, she's in a new series called Winter, uh, which is, uh, tipped to be the big one this autumn.

I know you must get it so much.

[laughs]

And I love you in Rivals as well.

Thanks.

Sure.

Aidan Turner in Rivals, Danny Dyer in Rivals, that sort of...

But then I, I met Danny Dyer at an awards last year, and he kissed my cheek, and I was like-

[gasps]

Goodness me.

Oh, my God, that is...

He is weirdly attractive in Rivals, isn't he? Considering that he's sort of surrounded by buff leading men.

And, and is that not the thing? Because he is kind.