Overview

• Host Claudia Winkleman selected Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr and Cat Burns as the initial Traitors after interviewing the 19 contestants.
• The opening grave-dig challenge conferred shields on Ross, Joe Marler, Joe Wilkinson, Kate Garraway, Charlotte Church and Celia Imrie, protecting them from the first murder.
• A new mechanic requires a kill in plain sight via a ‘poison black lily’, with episode one ending on a cliffhanger as Carr touched the flower.
• Social media fixated on early flashpoints, including Clare Balding’s mistake that prompted Charlotte Church to surrender her shield and chatter over Ross apparently forgetting he had a shield.
• The nine-episode run airs Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer, with contestants playing for up to £100,000 for charity.