The Traitors LIVE: Claudia Winkleman chooses initial Traitors as players taken on first mission
The BBC’s hit show is back on our screens tonight
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The Traitors, the BBC’s hit reality show where deception and lying could win you big money, is back on our screens.
The Bafta-winning show returns tonight (3 January), with 22 new contestants setting up camp in a Scottish castle, where they’re secretly split into “Traitors” and “Faithfuls”.
The “Traitors” are aiming to get to the end of the game undetected, while the “Faithfuls” are trying to catch them. For those left standing at the end, there is their share of the up to £120,000 prize pot.
You can meet the class of 2024 – including an insurance broker, a photographer, and a clairvoyant – here.
Claudia Winkleman is back at the show’s helm, with the series two trailer promising an even more explosive second series.
Follow along for updates from tonight’s first episode...
Welcome to The Traitors live blog!
Hi all! It’s t-minus three hours until The Traitors is back on our screens, and we’re going to be live-blogging tonight’s first episode!
Follow along for updates – and everything you need to know about series two...
When does The Traitors series two begin and when is it on iPlayer?
The Traitors returns this evening – and it’s not just one episode fans will be able to tune into!
Episode one of series two will air tonight on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 9pm. Once the show ends at 10pm, the following two episodes will be available to stream on iPlayer too, and they will be broadcast on BBC One on Thursday and Friday this week.
Claudia Winkleman admits concerns over fan expectations for The Traitors season 2
As the show comes back on our screens, Claudia Winkleman has asked fans of The Traitors to lower their expectations.
Speaking in a new interview, the presenter said that she and the team were “literally winded” by the positive response to series one, and that she hoped the show would be able to capture that “magical dust” once more.
Read more below...
Claudia Winkleman admits concerns over The Traitors season 2 expectations
Presenter says production team were ‘literally winded’ by positive response to first series
Insurance brokers and clairvoyants: Meet the cast of The Traitors series 2
There are 22 new contestants taking on the ultimate challenge of deception in The Traitors series two – but who are they?
Find out below...
Insurance brokers and clairvoyants: Meet the cast of The Traitors series 2
BBC’s Bafta-winning reality competition returns this week
‘They’ve become cool again’: The Traitors and our renewed love of party games
Based on the Dutch series De Verraders, The Traitors is the latest in a long line of “social deduction” games to delight people the world over.
Over the years, party games such as Werewolf and Mafia, board games like Secret Hitler and video games like Among Us have used similar set-ups, where players must deceive each other to win.
Find out more about these party games – and why they’re making such a comeback – below...
‘They’ve become cool again’: The Traitors and our renewed love of party games
The games scene has gone from naff or tedious options that only serve to cause tension at family gatherings, to a booming industry of challenges that require players to possess charm, cunning and skills of deduction. Isobel Lewis investigates our renewed love of a very traditional pasttime
Claudia Winkleman says she has ‘worked out’ the best way to win The Traitors
Claudia Winkleman has revealed the best way to win BBC game show The Traitors.
Speaking ahead of series two, Winkleman shared what she believes to be the easiest way to win the show, as well as which stars she would like to see participate in a celebrity version.
Read more below...
Claudia Winkleman says she has ‘worked out’ best way to win The Traitors
‘I can’t say anything else, but that is the smart way to enter the castle,’ host says ahead of series two
And we’re off, for “the ultimate murder mystery game”.
Prepare yourself – you’re going to be thinking about nothing else all January!
The cast are arriving and eyeing each other up already.
Definitely a fan of Sonja, who says she “hasn’t got an off button”. That’ll serve her well...
Aubrey, the show’s oldest contestant has a cat called Luther VanDross and says he’s willing to “throw everyone under the bus at the flip of a hat”.
The kind of quote only The Traitors could produce.
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