Bafta winner tells preview screening in Bristol there is not enough on television about the female perspective
The Bafta-winning actor Katherine Parkinson has lauded the television series Rivals for its “radical” depiction of sex from a woman’s perspective.
Speaking at a preview screening in Bristol, where much of the series was filmed, Parkinson, who plays the romance author Lizzie Vereker in the show, said there were not enough examples on television of a woman’s view of sex.
The award-winning Disney+ show follows the high-stakes world of British television with the backdrop of the Cotswolds countryside in the fictional county of Rutshire. It has become renowned for its frequent, racy sex scenes featuring many of the diverse cast of characters.
The first three episodes of the second series landed on the streaming platform on Friday, and fans of the first season’s notorious scenes will not be disappointed as the characters engage in what the Guardian TV critic’s five-star review called a “crisis bonk” within the first 10 minutes.
