Irish actor Aidan Turner stands in front of a blue camper van in one of the first-look pictures released from the upcoming second series of Rivals.
The images are the first released since the death of Jilly Cooper, who wrote book the series is based on.
Doctor Who star David Tennant plays TV mogul Lord Tony Baddingham in the series. Another photo shows Alex Hassell as lothario Rupert Campbell-Black and Bella Maclean as Taggie O'Hara getting close in a pantry.
Poldark star Turner sports a moustache as he returns as TV journalist Declan O'Hara, while a further image shows the return of Nafessa Williams as producer Cameron Cook.
Filming on the second series began in May and the show will return with an extended 12-episode second series in 2026.
Set in the 1980s, with the backdrop of the Cotswolds countryside, the award-winning Disney+ drama follows the high-stakes world of British television as careers, marriages and reputations hang by a thread when professional and personal lives collide.
Based on the best-selling novel by Cooper, the second series will see Lord Baddingham ready to stop at nothing to keep his TV company Corinium’s empire unrivalled.
Cooper died in October at the age of 88 after sustaining a fatal head injury during a fall at her Gloucestershire home.
Rivals will return to Disney+ in 2026.
Source: Press Association
