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.

[5] In the opening scene, Lysander Hawkley (Stephen Billington), accompanied by a Jack Russell Terrier which goes everywhere with him, is caught making love to Martha (Donna King), the neglected wife of Elmer Winterton (Mac McDonald).

[6] It continued Looking alarmingly like Superman, newcomer Stephen Billington as Lysander lies under every silken boudoir sheet of the Pimms and champagne set.

A wicked wastrel, he's an ex-horseman and tennis pro whose foreplay is more impressive than his forehand - and emerges as the man who put the giggle in gigolo.

[9] In The Daily Mirror, Richard Wallace commented "If Tim Henman thinks the pressure's on as Wimbledon approaches, he ought to try stepping into the tennis shoes of Stephen Billington.