Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, double-entendre title for jolly super Jilly Cooper adaptation of her own bonkbuster about shagging amongst the horsey set.
The story (such as it was) concerned the equestrian rivalry between caddish upper-class Rupert Campbell-Black (Marcus Gilbert) and swarthy lower-class Jake Lovell (Michael Praed).
Mostly, though, the camera stayed voyeuristically in bed.
There were criticisms that the characters were hollow and their lines cringingly awful (“You have such marvellous hair. It’s the colour of drenched fox”) which rather missed Riders‘ singular credit: it was an almost documentary-like record of the braying classes at play.
Rupert Campbell-Black Marcus Gilbert Jake Lovell
Michael Praed Helen Macaulay/Campbell-Black
Arabella Holzbog Tory Lovell
Caroline Harker Billy Lloyd-Foxe
Anthony Calf Lavina Greenslade
Belinda Mayne Granny Maxwell
Brenda Bruce Fenella Maxwell
Sienna Guillory Malise Gordon
John Standing HumptyHamilton
Timothy Morand Molly Carter
Stephanie Beacham Colonel Carter
Anthony Valentine Nigel
Andrew Hall Laura Duparru
Cécile Paoli Janey Henderson
Serena Gordon
The story (such as it was) concerned the equestrian rivalry between caddish upper-class Rupert Campbell-Black (Marcus Gilbert) and swarthy lower-class Jake Lovell (Michael Praed).
