Overview
- The BBC series premiered on 1 January on BBC One and iPlayer, with new episodes continuing tonight at 8pm and companion show Traitors: Uncloaked on BBC Two.
- Claudia Winkleman named Hugo, Rachel and Stephen as the visible Traitors, then informed them that an unseen fourth player would constrain their choices each night.
- After the first mission, the hidden player supplied a three-name shortlist—Maz, Netty and James—for the Traitors’ first ‘murder’, with the outcome withheld on air.
- The premiere also revealed that contestants Roxy and Judy are mother and daughter, a relationship they are keeping from the wider group.
- The season, filmed at Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands, features 22 contestants competing for up to £120,000 as producers test the format shift explained by executive producer Mike Cotton.