First look at Jilly Cooper's racy new TV series Rivals

Fans have finally been given their first glimpse at the upcoming Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s hit 1988 novel Rivals – and things are already looking steamy.

Set in the 80s – a time of excess and drama – Rivals, as per the series description, “delves headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986.” Specifically, the rivalry between Rupert Campbell-Black and Lord Tony Baddingham, whose fierce dislike for each other seeps into the world of the Corinium television station, and into the lives of those around them in the fictional country of Rutshire.

The trailer for the show, which has now been released ahead of its premiere later this year, teases rolling green hills, massive 80s moustaches and a fair amount of bare skin – as well as a shot of Declan O’Hara smashing in a window with a golf club.

It boasts an all-star cast including David Tennant as Baddingham, Alex Hassell as Campbell-Black, Aidan Turner as O’Hara and Bella Maclean as Taggie O’Hara.

The trailer has also revealed some new faces: Emily Atack will be playing news presenter Sarah Stratton, Catriona Chandler will be playing Caitlin O’Hara, Danny Dyer will be playing Freddie Jones and Lisa McGrillis will be playing his wife Valerie.

Rivals, which the show was adapted from, is part of Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles: a series of romantic (and very sex-heavy) stories set in the British countryside.

Mainly focussing on the lives of the upper-class social scene (especially the life of serious seducer Rupert Campbell-Black), the stories feature adultery, death, illegitimate children and plenty of scandal. In May, she received a damehood for her services to literature, which she described as “orgasmic.”