FULL RIVALS TRAILER
FROM DISNEY'S STAR STUDDED SERIES
Disney Plus has released a new trailer for their exciting new RIVALS eight
part series set against the backdrop of the excess and antics of the
power-grabbing
social elite of 1980s England and delving into the
ruthless world of independent television in 1986. The series, which will stream on Hulu in USA and Disney around the world, will arrive October 18th.
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| Rivals start October 18th on Disney and Hulu |
THE STORY OF RIVALS
In the fictional
county of Rutshire, along-standing rivalry between two powerful men is
about to boil over. Alex Hassell plays dashing ex-Olympian, Tory Member of Parliament and incorrigible rake, the dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black. David Tennan
is Ruperts ambitious and egotistical 
Rutshire neighbour Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television. A long-simmering power
struggle between them threatens to boil over when the two men lock horns
over the future of Corinium.
Caught in the crossfire is TV presenter Declan OHara, (Aidan Turner).
Fiercely 
intellectual, with an even fiercer temper, he is wooed to
Corinium TV from the BBC by Baddingham himself, but feels he’s been
swindled when Tony refuses to deliver on his promises. Furious with
Tony, Declan vows to get his revenge. Victoria Smurfit is Maud OHara, a former actress and Declans bohemian,
fickle wife. Bella Maclean
is Declan and Mauds tender-hearted yet strong-willed
elder daughter, Taggie. She holds the O Hara family together and keeps an
eye on her younger and wilder sister Caitlin (Catriona Chandler). Nafessa Williams is Cameron Cook, a ferociously talented American TV 
executive who is brought to Corinium by Tony
to produce Declans new prime-time talk show. She soon finds herself
caught between the two powerful men who deeply underestimate her at
their peril. Katherine Parkinson is Lizzie Vereker, a romantic
novelist consistently overlooked by her preening and self-
centred TV
presenter husband, James Vereker (Oliver Chris). Danny Dyer
is Freddie Jones: honourable, loyal and lovable, he’s a self-made
electronics millionaire. Freddie's got the money, but finds himself,
along with his social-climbing wife Valerie (Lisa McGrillis), an outsider to Rutshires cliques. But 
when Rupert and Tony come to him with a business proposition, all that could change.
Claire Rushbrook is Lady Monica Baddingham, Tonys dependable,
upper-crust wife who has absolutely no interest in the dramatic
goings-on 
within her husbands empire. Luke Pasqualino is the charming Basil Bas Baddingham, Tonys younger brother and the proprietor of Cotchesters hot spot, Bar Sinister.
Emily Atack is Sarah Stratton, the new wife to Deputy 
Prime Minister, Paul Stratton (Rufus Jones).
Sarah is ambitious and not afraid to use her looks to get to the top.
Paul, on the other hand, is in the throes of a midlife crisis – everyone
knows it.
Rutshire neighbour Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television. A long-simmering power
struggle between them threatens to boil over when the two men lock horns
over the future of Corinium.
Caught in the crossfire is TV presenter Declan OHara, (Aidan Turner).
Fiercely 
intellectual, with an even fiercer temper, he is wooed to
Corinium TV from the BBC by Baddingham himself, but feels he’s been
swindled when Tony refuses to deliver on his promises. Furious with
Tony, Declan vows to get his revenge. Victoria Smurfit is Maud OHara, a former actress and Declans bohemian,
fickle wife. Bella Maclean
is Declan and Mauds tender-hearted yet strong-willed
elder daughter, Taggie. She holds the O Hara family together and keeps an
eye on her younger and wilder sister Caitlin (Catriona Chandler). Nafessa Williams is Cameron Cook, a ferociously talented American TV 
executive who is brought to Corinium by Tony
to produce Declans new prime-time talk show. She soon finds herself
caught between the two powerful men who deeply underestimate her at
their peril. Katherine Parkinson is Lizzie Vereker, a romantic
novelist consistently overlooked by her preening and self-
centred TV
presenter husband, James Vereker (Oliver Chris). Danny Dyer
is Freddie Jones: honourable, loyal and lovable, he’s a self-made
electronics millionaire. Freddie's got the money, but finds himself,
along with his social-climbing wife Valerie (Lisa McGrillis), an outsider to Rutshires cliques. But 
when Rupert and Tony come to him with a business proposition, all that could change.
Claire Rushbrook is Lady Monica Baddingham, Tonys dependable,
upper-crust wife who has absolutely no interest in the dramatic
goings-on 
within her husbands empire. Luke Pasqualino is the charming Basil Bas Baddingham, Tonys younger brother and the proprietor of Cotchesters hot spot, Bar Sinister.
Emily Atack is Sarah Stratton, the new wife to Deputy 
Prime Minister, Paul Stratton (Rufus Jones).
Sarah is ambitious and not afraid to use her looks to get to the top.
Paul, on the other hand, is in the throes of a midlife crisis – everyone
knows it. 
I remember that you mentioned about this one, but now we have a trailer. What a pity that it's only on Hulu. We were trying to watch The Perfect Couple, but stopped after 5 minutes...it really ain't our kind of films. Now we just start a new one from Julia Roberts called Leave the world behind...
ReplyDeleteI have the Perfect Couple but still have not watched it.
DeleteI only have Prime right now so I won't be watching it.
ReplyDeletePrime is better, methinks.
DeleteAm I wrong to say that there are so many Hulu and Amazon Prime series and movies? Dare I say it, more than in Netflix.
ReplyDeleteUnlike Netflix, Prime has subchannels, which means that you can find other streaming channels on their platform and thus you can get more programmes than on Netflix, but Netflix does produce more of their own originals than Prime.
DeleteI am actually looking forward to this one. Maybe I'm just being nostalgic, but I feel like the 80's was really one of the best, over the top eras. It was actually one of the last where people didn't constantly have an electronic device attached to their hands at all times. Soon after we had gaming consoles and pagers then cell phones. Then society got lazy and stupid.
ReplyDeleteFor my country it was the last decade of peace, after that we had war when I was a bit older than ten, then ten years of hunger, embargo, poverty, NATO bombings day and night... so 80s are the only fond decade I remember in my life.
DeleteDo you feel like things are progressing and getting better for your country now? I know with your political leaders it's been a shit show, but overall do you feel like there is something good for the next generation to look forward to?
DeleteNo, we are now in the worst times ever with the organised crime in power establishing itself so strong that we are now feeling it in every aspect of our daily lives, just look at my city quarter which has been cut off the centre for a year now without any temporary bridge, without bus lines for a year now and with the new bridge being smaller than the old one and still not finished. The prices have gotten so high that even the things poor people could live on like potatoes and tomatoes are now a luxury, potatoes have gone a thousand percent up in price in last ten years. And with such prices my pay is still the same as it was fifteen years ago because it is calculated through euro and then turned into dinars, but the dictator keeps the euro rate the same artificially, so my pay is the same, but the prices have goon up to 500 or 1000 percent, it is insane. Also we have no institutions, hospitals, health care, schools, all is destroyed, and public attorneys and courts work for the criminals and do not prosecute them. We also have no freedom of speech as he holds all the media and uses it for his propaganda. The latest horror is that he is bringing the compulsory army service back from next summer which will force most of parents who can to send their boys abroad and never bring them back. Hundreds of thousands have already left the country, but that is what he wants because he wants all of us to leave so that he can populate the country with Asian workforce and still rule. Hope is something I have never had in my life, we just live from day to day until we fall apart.
DeleteIt's such a shame when the wrong people get the power. Where are your people migrating to? Are they they being welcomed or are host countries being hostile to those leaving Serbia? Sadly the prices have gone up all across the globe. I was walking through the store the other day and was so depressed at how things have doubled and tripled in price since 2020. It's pure greed on the companies part. Jason got into an argument with another customer last week at Sam's Club. We have to show our receipt at the door there (part of the membership agreement) but they only had one lady working the door and the line was 50 people deep. So, he did what he does best and started yelling "Hey! Door lady needs help! Hey! Long Lines Over Here!!!!" Customer lady didn't like him making a scene and was like "this is part of our membership agreement." I'm like, um, they removed all of the cashiers and put in machines where we check ourselves out, so now they don't pay cashiers. And they only want to put 1 person at the door to check receipts? This company made 84 billion dollars last year. They can pay another employee so customers aren't held hostage in the store after shopping. I don't normally support causing a scene in the store, but I let him make it that time. They did send 2 more people to help move the line along though after Jason started screaming.
DeleteWherever they can, but usually Germany, Austria and Switzerland as those countries always need unqualified workers. Have in mind that they don't recognise our diplomas and degrees out in Europe, so even if you are a dentist or a doctor or an engineer, there you work as a cleaner or a nurse or something.
DeleteSadly, it's the same here as well. The US does not recognize foreign degrees either. Or maybe not all degrees. I met a therapist who had taken all of the courses for her therapy/psychology degree in Africa. However when she moved here, she had to retake all of the same classes to get a US degree to work in her field here. We are always needing skilled workers here, yet we make it so hard for the qualified to come here and better our nation. It's a shame Europe is the same.
DeleteMost of my academic friends who moved to UK had to do college all again there, even though they already were professors. Some did it even after the age of 50. They say it is very easy finishing a college there compared to ours.
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