Dame Jilly believes that people had more sex during the era in which the book is set. “I’m convinced the reason people aren’t having as much sex is because everybody takes so much exercise. Everybody is running nowadays, and if they’re not, they’re going to the gym.
“And how can you possibly have sex when you’re so exhausted?”
Disney+ has billed the eight-part series as a “blockbuster saga” packed full of romantic entanglements, dastardly deals and plenty of sex.
A follow-up to Riders, it is set in the ruthless world of 1980s television, where Lord Baddingham runs a station named Corinium.
Dame Jilly recently told The Telegraph that she had seen the first episode “and it is absolutely thrilling”.
When the series was announced, she said: “Throughout my childhood, my favourite word was ‘Disney’ and, by miraculous coincidence, greater-than-ever Disney are joining forces with an utterly brilliant drama company, Happy Prince, to turn my novel into a TV series.
“I know they will bring the boardroom battles and love triangles of my characters to life – particularly those of my devastatingly handsome hero. I cannot wait to see who will be stepping into his shoes.”
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