David Tennant and Nafessa Williams

I enjoy they're making everyone stand in front of a mini replica of David's character's house. I ALSO appreciate his purple velvet suit. Nafessa's dress does not totally captivate me -- it looks like a stiff corset with a towel around it -- BUT her head is amazing as always.

Bella Maclean

Not confident about those bangs, Taggie. And that bodice looks like she's taken to tissue-paper crafting.

Alex Hassell and Bella Maclean

Rupert looks perfectly nice. These two had a weird energy in their photos together, though. He seems very stiff.

Katherine Parkinson

This is a very underwhelming '80s-cut robe dress and she looks VERY nervous, perhaps that someone might ask her about being in the new Harry Potter series that no one asked for. (She's Molly Weasley. Sigh.)

Aidan Turner

There is an "Aiden Turner" who was on All My Children and I ALWAYS have to check and make sure I've spelled it correctly here. Anyway, hello, Declan! I almost don't recognize him without the mustache. (I don't watch Poldark. Don't be mad.)

Lisa McGrillis

I had to make sure I was right that it's our girl Valerie, who has bleached hair and wears a LOT of pastels. Seeing everyone out of costume is jarring. She looks great; this is a very Charlize ensemble to me.

Danny Dyer

I mean, this is our Fred-Fred! Looking like a mobster! I STARED.

Oliver Chris

And I did a double-take before I realized this is James Vereker, smarmy local TV presenter. He looks so much more... rugged. And also, here, a bit like he just finished a quick coatroom tryst at his mate's wedding. Which would be VERY Rivals, in fact.

Gary Lamont and Hubert Burton

And no giant glasses on Charles (Gary)! We knew Gerald would glow him up eventually.

Luke Pasqualino

He looks exactly the same, though. Which is to say, handsome.

Hayley Atwell

It's giving Headmistress, and Rupert Campbell-Black probably would have LOVED that bit of role-play in their day.

Annabel Scholey

Her character showed up in the finale of season 1, as a surprise addition to the TV lineup; she is a gossip columnist who is one of Rupert's cast-aside conquests, and she STILL seems like she is out for blood. Cute dress, though.

Emily Atack

This is such a lot of BUSINESS to carry around attached to her front. She looks like her mood board was Fancy Chair Cover.

with Rufus Jones

Here she is with her TV husband; they seem to have good fun. She's got a JUICY part on the show.

Gabriel Tierney, Catriona Chandler

These are the two O'Hara children who are NOT Taggie. Catriona looks like she and Nafessa went to the same dress shop.

James McVey

He's the reporter Taggie was sort of dating, and frankly, she should climb all over that just to get in some extra experience before her inevitable pair-off with Rupert.

Felicity Blunt and Stanley Tucci

Felicity is listed as one of the EPs, because she's Jilly Cooper's agent and was apparently instrumental in figuring out how to FINALLY get her work adapted. She looks stunning here.

The Tooch clearly agrees.

Rivals Returns With, Presumably, a Bang

And some whimpers.