Rupert Everett and Hayley Atwell are to star in series two of the hit Disney+ show Rivals. Based on Dame Jilly Cooper’s novel of the same name, the series centres on a group of wealthy media types in the 1980s who are based in the Cotswolds.

Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett have joined the cast of Rivals Season 2, and will play husband and wife Helen Gordon and Malise Gordon in the Disney+ period comedy-drama.

Disney+ is nearly halfway through the Season 2 shoot on Rivals — and the racy Jilly Cooper adaptation has added two new cast members to its ensemble. Mission: Impossible star Hayley Atwell has joined the cast as Helen Gordon,