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The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous is a 1997 British television film based on Jilly Cooper's 1993 book of the same name in the Rutshire Chronicles series, directed by Robert Knights and produced by Sarah Lawson. The title role of Lysander Hawkley is played by Stephen Billington.
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1993) is a novel written by Jilly Cooper as part of the Rutshire Chronicles, about a womanizer who gets embroiled in a scheme to punish wayward husbands. The book was first published in hardback in 1993 and then in paperback in April 1994, and was later adapted into a television miniseries .
Born in Farnworth, Lancashire, Billington trained at the Drama Centre London, [2] and was an unknown when chosen from hundreds who auditioned to play the lead part of Lysander Hawkley in The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997). [3] He has gone on to work with many leading film directors, including Peter Greenaway, Franco Zeffirelli, and Mel ...
Bowen's notable television appearances include A Family at War (1970–1972), Dickens of London (1976), Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) as Duff Cooper, First Among Equals (1986), The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997), Judge John Deed (2001–2007) and Thatcher: The Final Days (1991) as Kenneth Baker.
Coman also played Marigold Lockton in The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997), the TV adaptation of the Jilly Cooper novel. Gilly Coman died of a suspected heart attack on 13 July 2010, at the age of 54. [1] [2] [3] She had a heart condition and died just two weeks before she was scheduled for a pacemaker operation. [4]
Rivals is a television series made for Disney+. It is an adaptation of the 1988 Jilly Cooper novel of the same name. It stars an ensemble cast including David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Katherine Parkinson, Victoria Smurfit, Alex Hassell, Nafessa Williams, Bella Maclean, Emily Atack and Danny Dyer. The first series was released on 18 October 2024.
The film had an intense build-up as "a sex sizzler" in the weeks before its first broadcast on the ITV network on 2 May 1993, but some critics found it absurd. Writing in The Independent , Allison Pearson said: "Jilly Cooper's Riders (ITV), allegedly about mounting excitement, came with palpitating publicity.
Riders (1986 novel) and its 1993 film adaptation; Rivals (1988 novel) and its 2024 television adaptation; Polo (1991 novel) The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1993 novel) and its 1997 television film adaptation; Appassionata (1996 novel) Score! (1999 novel) Pandora (2002 novel) Wicked! (2006 novel) Jump! (2010 novel) Mount! (2016 novel) Tackle ...