‘Rivals’: David Tennant, Alex Hassell & Aidan Turner Tease More Scandals & Romance

Hold on to your crumpets, Anglophiles. The cheekiest, trickiest bunch of Brits this side of Bridgerton are back, and this time, the bed-hoppers from across the pond are lathering up for one hell of a soapy showdown in Rivals Season 2.

Based on Jilly Cooper‘s 1988 romantic page-turner — the second installment of her Rutshire Chronicles book series — Hulu’s lively adaptation instantly hooked fans with its witty, sex-soaked first season. With shades of Succession, Dynasty, and Industry, the 1980s-set series centers on the take-no-prisoners battle between Lord Tony Baddingham (a masterly amoral David Tennant), owner of a regional TV station known as Corinium in the fictional hamlet of Rutshire, and Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell), an ex-Olympian equestrian turned British MP jonesing to undo Tony’s empire. They’re both crazy rich, chronically libidinous, and exquisitely acerbic whenever their paths cross. It’s stiff upper lips meet razor-sharp tongues.