How Jilly Cooper's 'Fingerprints Are All Over' Rivals Season 2

Jilly Cooper died during the production of Rivals' second iteration, but had already given it her "seal of approval".

The “naughtiest show on television” is finally back, and Rivals’ second season pays homage to the late Dame Jilly Cooper, who wrote the source material beloved by millions for decades.

Dame Jilly, the author of Rivals and 10 other novels set in the world of Rutshire, died suddenly in October 2025 at the age of 88, but before her death, she gave her input into the second series.

According to the show’s creative team, Jilly signed off on all the scripts for season two, and was giving production team notes up until a few days before her death.

“Jilly signed off every script of the 12 and was on set for quite a lot of production as well,” executive producer Alexander Lamb told Tech Radar.

“So it feels that this series totally has........

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