*WARNING - Major spoilers ahead for Rivals season 1.* Disney Plus's new series, Rivals, has been a massive success.
The risque show, based on the best-selling novels by renowned British author Jilly Cooper, features a star-studded cast including David Tennant, Danny Dyer and Aiden Turner.
Given the immediate popularity of the show following its premiere - and a dramatic twist in the season finale - it seems certain that Rivals will be back for a second season.
The synopsis for season 1 is as follows: "Set in England 1986, Rivals is an adaptation of Jilly Cooper's second book in the Rutshire Chronicles that follows Rupert Campbell-Black, a notorious rake and famous showjumper before he quit for a career in politics, as he joins forces with his new neighbour Declan O'Hara to overthrow local unscrupulous television magnate Lord Tony Baddingham by bidding for his Cotswolds based independent television franchise. "But Rupert and Declan's plans are disrupted by a blossoming romance between the famously womanising Rupert and Declan's innocent daughter Taggie O'Hara, a love triangle between Rupert, Tony and his right-hand woman, the brilliant American producer Cameron Cook and Declan's stormy relationship with his wife the dazzling actress Maud. "In the backstabbing world of television where it is every man and woman for themselves, can ''true'' love really blossom?" The star-studded cast of the show includes Alex Hassell, Nafessa Williams, Bella Maclean, Katherine Parkinson, Victoria Smurfit, Lisa McGrillis, Emily Atack, Luke Pasqualino, Catriona Chandler, Gabriel Tierney, Gary Lamont and Lara Peake, reports the Mirror.