The Traitors spin-off will air in 2025.
At this year's Edinburgh Television Festival, the BBC confirmed reports that there will be a nine-part celebrity version of runaway hit format, The Traitors, Celebrity Traitors (working title) coing to BBC One.
Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the original series of The Traitors is a nail-biting psychological reality competition in which 22 strangers play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £120,000.
Since the series debuted on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2022, the show has established a 100% faithful audience. A breakout hit at series one, series two saw phenomenal growth with 46m views on BBC iPlayer and an average of 8.1m views per episode.
The celebrities taking part will be announced in due course and the BBC also confirmed today that they have commissioned a fourth series ahead of then upcoming third, which has already been filmed once again against the stunning backdrop of the Scottish Highlands.
Speaking about today's news, Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC said "The Traitors has well and truly established itself as an unmissable highlight of the year and the news of a fourth outing, alongside a brand new celebrity version coming to the BBC, will take the series to a whole new level. It will once again be fascinating for our audiences to see who’ll outwit, outplay, and outlast. Let the mind games begin!"
To which Mike Cotton, Creative Director Unscripted at Studio Lambert and Executive Producer for The Traitors added "We are thrilled to be inviting some celebrities into our castle to come and play the game. Seeing famous faces navigate the round table or don the infamous green cloaks will be unmissable TV, and what a double treat for the fans with Series 4 also confirmed too. There's a whole lot of exciting treachery and deception yet to come from the Highlands… Claudia’s going to have to pack some extra knitwear."
In addition to news of a fourth series and celebrity version, leading podcast agency Listen will be producing 12 brand new episodes of companion show The Traitors: Uncloaked which will return alongside the third series of The Traitors. Once hosted again by comedian Ed Gamble,it will be available via BBC Sounds and on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
The Traitors is produced by Studio Lambert Scotland with executive producers for Studio Lambert Scotland, Mike Cotton, Sarah Fay and Lewis Thurlow with and Production Executives, Lynette Woods-Reynolds and Gemma Scholes.
Applications are now open for those who wish to take part in the ultimate game of strategy, suspicion and trust here. Casting for celebrity players to take seats at the round table is also underway with filming due to take place in 2025.
Celebrity Traitors will air in 2025 on BBC One
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