Tories, bonking and naked tennis: David Tennant and the Rivals cast on bringing Jilly Cooper’s novel to screen

In order to encourage the actor to fully embrace his heartthrob status, Rivals showrunner Dominic Treadwell-Collins had a plan.

I should probably make this clear: the rutting happens on every surface possible in Rivals.

The hunky horserider is described in Cooper’s books as “Britain’s sexiest man”, so no pressure, then.