Overview

• Claudia Winkleman selected Jonathan Ross, Cat Burns and Alan Carr as the first Traitors after interviewing the 19-strong cast at Ardross Castle.
• Episode one introduced a grave‑digging shield challenge that granted six celebrities protection from the first attempted ‘murder’.
• Producers set a new twist in which the Traitors must carry out the first ‘murder’ in plain sight using a black lily, with the outcome due in episode two.
• BBC scheduling has the nine-part series airing twice weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer, with episode two tonight.
• The celebrity contestants are building a prize pot worth up to £100,000 to be donated to charity by the eventual winner.