- The second season of the Jilly Cooper adaptation Rivals is scheduled to return to Disney+ on Friday, 15 May, with star Danny Dyer hinting at even more explicit scenes.
- Danny Dyer, who portrays Freddie Jones, revealed that he goes "full frontal" in the new series, provided the scene is retained in the final edit.
- Dyer commented on the show's equal-opportunity approach to nudity, stating that if female actors are getting their breasts out, he believes male actors should also show everything.
- David Tennant, who plays Lord Baddingham, previously disclosed sustaining an injury during a sex scene for season two, having collided with a wooden bed frame.
- The Independent's four-star review praised the series' return to a "Disneyfied, sexed-up version of the Cotswolds," describing the sex scenes as "silly" and "never overly explicit" within the context of an expensive soap opera.
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