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The BBC’s hit show is back on our screens tonight

Isobel Lewis
Thursday 04 January 2024 20:27 GMT
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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...

The Traitors season two, review: You’ll be staying faithful to your sofa for the rest of the month

In his four-star review of The Traitors episode one, The Independent’s critic Annabel Nugent wrote: “The cloaks, the chaos and Claudia Winkleman are all back for a second season of the BBC’s runaway gameshow hit. Resistance is futile – just cancel all your January plans now.”

Read more below:

The return of The Traitors will keep you faithful to your sofa – review

The cloaks, the chaos and Claudia Winkleman are all back for a second season of the BBC’s runaway gameshow hit. Resistance is futile – just cancel all your January plans now

Isobel Lewis3 January 2024 22:17

How to watch The Traitors episode two and three

Episode one is done and dusted, but you don’t need to wait until tomorrow to tune into the next episode (although you can if you like).

Episodes two and three are on BBC iPlayer to stream now, and will air on BBC One at 9pm on Thursday and Friday respectively.

To wait or not to wait? That is the question...

Isobel Lewis3 January 2024 22:21

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