Claudia Winkleman's The Traitors is back – with promised 'differences'
05.12.2023 - 18:07
/ ok.co.uk
The second season of The Traitors is on its way, with a first look showing host Claudia Winkleman standing among fire, with two mysterious figures behind her. The popular BBC reality show will be back on our screens on Wednesday, 3 January at 9pm on BBC One.
The following two episodes will be ready to watch on BBC iPlayer straight after the first episode next year.
The show will then be aired on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights.
In the first season, we saw 22 contestants arrive at a castle in the Highlands.
They were divided into Traitors and Faithfuls, with the Trairos given the task of "murdering" the Faithful contestants. Each day, they had to complete tasks to win up to £120,000.
Then, they gathered around a round table to find the Traitors and "banish" them from the game.
In the end, if a Traitor remained, they could take all the prize money home. If not, the remaining contestants shared the money.
In series one, Faithfuls Aaron Evans, Meryl Williams and Hannah Byczkowski were crowned the winners with Traitors Wilfred Webster and Kieran Thompsett banished.
The first season was full of other surprises and rule changes, and we can expect the same from the second season – with bosses saying the game will also be different. Toni Ireland, executive producer at Studio Lambert, hinted at Wales Screen Summit in May that "the game's going to be different" for series two.
The show, based on a Dutch format called De Verraders, has won many awards since its release.
The show has bagged a Bafta TV Award, a National Television Award (NTA), a Royal Television Society (RTS) award and a Broadcasting Press Guild Award (BPGA).