"Set against the rolling hills and sprawling estates of the Cotswolds, Rivals proves that country life is anything but quiet. The Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper's scandalous novels transports viewers to Rutshire, the fictional English countryside, where television executives, polo players, aristocrats, and social climbers spend as much time seducing each other as they do attending black-tie dinners."
"While Rutshire may only exist thanks to Cooper's wild imagination, much of the series was filmed across the Cotswolds, where the author lived for more than four decades until her death last year. 'The Cotswolds are so heartbreakingly beautiful, so home is definitely here,' she once said. And she's right. The region's honey-hued villages and grand country houses may look idyllic, but beneath the polished facades lies a world of gossip and questionable affairs."
"For the closest thing to real-life Rutshire: Tetbury. The epicenter of filming for Rivals, Tetbury's honeyed streets became fictional Cotchester, complete with Thatcher-era shopfronts and vintage cars. But beyond the screen, the town already feels unmistakably like real-life Ritshire, and comes complete with its own royal residents, as King Charles III has called Tetbury home since the 1980s. With its streets of antique shops and immaculate Georgian facades, it's easy to understand why."
Rivals is a Disney+ adaptation set in Rutshire, a fictional English countryside where television executives, polo players, aristocrats, and social climbers mix black-tie events with seduction and scandal. The series was filmed across the Cotswolds, a region known for honey-hued villages and grand country houses that appear idyllic while hiding gossip and questionable affairs. Jilly Cooper lived in the Cotswolds for more than four decades, and her connection to the landscape is presented as central to the show’s atmosphere. With the second season returning, a guide pairs filming locations with real country-house hotels, including Tetbury as the closest real-life match to Rutshire’s Cotchester and Calcot & Spa near Tetbury as a place to stay.
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