{"id":480747,"date":"2026-05-12T11:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/480747\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:17:19","slug":"rivals-season-two-review-thrusting-buttocks-and-heaving-bosoms-as-jilly-coopers-escapist-romp-returns-the-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/480747\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Rivals\u2019 season two review: Thrusting buttocks and heaving bosoms as Jilly Cooper\u2019s escapist romp returns &#8211; The Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAJBVV95cUxOZ0FhZWJ2UnM4QnUweWt0MlVZWnBXRXhCUUFWMzhqaVdEcHN0dThLRkI0R0E3LWxHd0ticGUxbk5fZXpCaWZnYi1KVnBRbXp5QmppejFrRmFqVTlpMVl5Zmswc2h5OWNKVXlvdXZQLXI0S296WjdBSHN3NDZWeFdqdGt4SEx5TVJ6aWFpcjd5TkQtUmJ2UTJ3UExBUUpMX1gwMXhuM1ZHbG44cmxKODBUb1pTbDVnWTNrUEZFSHNaU0x3ZjNIeEJJRTg0U0s1M3Z5akFYbXVtWGpfaXF4d3RiYXhRb1IyU3R5VndPY2o2UDFMeHFUcFpXVm85bHFOM0Rod2s1ZmxhNkR0MnhP?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Rivals\u2019 season two review: Thrusting buttocks and heaving bosoms as Jilly Cooper\u2019s escapist romp returns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNZHVrVjRpRmlaS1RPRGJVMzZUQzBOcTItbnlhdHY3ajMwem5RcVd4YmdCbmwtMzZkRUlESkZmMHBhc0lGSFZ2X29vUm04Y1J6MGV4OU55S01DenZxRVRkNGhXNjFDV3h0eTZPOF9GS0M4WjVUNW5GUUFOUTUybUR4WHFVWXl3eVp3TW1xYTFuaVBqa0RvVEhUbkcxRndHdGx4YUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rivals season two review \u2013 if I could give this exquisite bonkbuster 10,000 stars, I would<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE84bkMtanZQQmFXUzRZSzBreHVWQmNSYnVBOXlpSmJnVW9pa3I3MVUxTzJvcW1zU2tQUmNtbDlXbEFRcTlSVWpGUzM4WjJmU2tTbDhpNjlfeF9yRUx2X3U4QjY1RmFZRVdTajRKRm1vczdvaXhmcVhKYzRrNC04UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sex and shoulder pads: Victoria Smurfit on bringing the Irish touch to the new season of Rivals<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxOUGNLTDYtNUE4RE40MHlVNWVaSUNDc0tJZzdhM0JxclpRcVVERFJDYzJwampDczRGeTZKNzRya1Y0M1N0ZkFFMkNhVVQ2dGYyMG1haUVEendGUk5ERnRzRkxoUXlZbEV4RmZYdGxmT204MWllT2xVR21xLWlTZzg2bjVCNTdValdGb0FxUjFvYWlUMHFpbC05ZWVWandYRUZyUWhpUnphckFyRWRYQm5DQS1FdklEUS1yU2xHVW1LWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ravishing! Inside Jilly Cooper\u2019s world of divots and chukkas<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE5xTTNtQ20xQW82MWp3MTNoZXBqaUF0ZURJUE1RNUJndVI2WktBM2Q4LTBFN25qS0U5Y2NiWkE0UHVLQlZnSlc2dVFOR0d6N1hlMC1XX2VmdlVzbnhOWHZIaXE2Rnk3SkJIRGp3TnVTMWI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Will you watch season two of Rivals?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Rivals\u2019 season two review: Thrusting buttocks and heaving bosoms as Jilly Cooper\u2019s escapist romp returns&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent Rivals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[1887,18,117,19,17,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-480747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-disney","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116561330248050640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}