A rural town has been having it’s high street transformed for the filming of series two of Rivals, an adaptation of the late Dame Jilly Cooper’s books.<\/p>\n
Corsham, Wiltshire, has featured in the Disney series before and has also been used for other productions such as Poldark.<\/p>\n
The series is based on the Gloucestershire author’s Rutshire Chronicles series and has taken the high street back to the 1980s, tweaking shop fronts and parking classic cars.<\/p>\n
The Rivals cast includes David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Alex Hassell, Emily Atack and Danny Dyer.<\/p>\n
Nicola White’s homeware shop has temporarily become a 1980s convenience store [BBC]<\/p>\n
Esteemed author Jilly Cooper died aged 88 earlier this month, after a fall.<\/a><\/p>\n Local business owner Nicola White – who runs a homeware store called Previous – has seen her shop transformed into Cotchester Convenience Store.<\/p>\n She has seen celebrities turning up in limos – namely Aidan Turner and Alex Hassell – and explained she has known it would be happening for a few weeks, but business owners keep quiet because “we’re sort of used to it”.<\/p>\n The set dressing has seen lots of attention to detail – including copies of the fictitious Rutshire Herald [BBC]<\/p>\n Details added to her shop front include fruit, veg, sweet machines and the fictitious Rutshire Herald newspaper.<\/p>\n She said: “It was fascinating to see them doing it. Certainly the packaging we don’t have anymore.<\/p>\n “Corsham is a very beautiful place, but it’s a little bit unknown, anything that gets people to realise what a beautiful place it is I think can only be a good thing really.”<\/p>\n Bar Sinister is usually known as The Royal Oak [BBC]<\/p>\n Other changes include one of the pubs changing from the Royal Oak to Bar Sinister and the vets is temporarily a dental practice.<\/p>\n Becky Thomas was among a group of fans who went along to see what was going on.<\/p>\n She said: “I love it. I’ve watched the whole first series. It’s my birthday today and it’s made my day. I live in Corsham, so it’s brilliant.”<\/p>\n Denise Pape is not a viewer, but was also interested: “I think it’s exciting. It’s buzzy. was wondering what was going on.”<\/p>\n The Hale Vets has become a dental surgery [BBC]<\/p>\n Follow BBC Wiltshire on Facebook<\/a>, X<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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