New Dame Jilly 'bonkbuster' TV series to be made
Production bosses say the popular author's works could help make shows forever.
Treadwell-Collins revealed the adaptation of Rivals happened after he wrote Dame Jilly a "love letter" explaining how much he had loved her novels and how he would bring Rivals to life on TV.
"I always thought they would make brilliant television as she was such a brilliant storyteller with brilliant creative characters," he said.
"All the way through my career I have been mocked for suggesting it, television producers would laugh at me.
"Thank God they did because I kept it to myself for years.
"We went to see her, she said, 'You've got to write this, you've got to adapt this Dominic because you are a writer'.
"I've written one show myself before, I wasn't confident, I was thinking lots of other writers should write it.
"Jilly's made me a writer, that's really, really special.
"To bring that joy to Jilly Cooper is the proudest thing I've ever done, ever."
