There is a lot more of ‘The Traitors‘ incoming as the BBC announces a Season 4 renewal, along with a celebrity version, after Season 3 which has already been filmed.
For those of you who have somehow missed this global phenomenon, ‘The Traitors’ is a psychological reality game show centred around tactics, betrayal, suspicion and manipulation. Should the Faithful contestants eliminate all the Traitors, they will share the prize fund. If a Traitor makes it to the end, they steal the money.
The multi-award-winning hit psychological game format, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, has been commissioned for a fourth season as well as a nine-part celebrity version, with the news being announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival 2024. The two commissions from Studio Lambert, part of All3Media, are announced ahead of the third season of the hugely popular reality competition which has already been filmed once again against the stunning backdrop of the Scottish Highlands.
Since the series debuted on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2022, the show has established a 100% faithful audience. A breakout hit at season one, season two saw phenomenal growth with 46m views on BBC iPlayer and an average of 8.1m views per episode. ‘The Traitors’ continues to be the biggest new Entertainment brand in the market for 16-34’s.
“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,” said Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC. “It will once again be fascinating for our audiences to see who’ll outwit, outplay, and outlast. Let the mind games begin!”
The show has also earned a raft of awards including the BAFTA TV Award for Best Reality & Constructed Factual, the NTA for Reality Competition, the RTS award for Entertainment and the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Entertainment Programme. Claudia Winkleman won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Entertainment Performance, the RTS Award for Entertainment Performance and the Edinburgh TV Festival Variety Outstanding Achievement Award.
“We are thrilled to be inviting some celebrities into our castle to come and play the game,” adds Mike Cotton, Creative Director Unscripted at Studio Lambert and Executive Producer for The Traitors. “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 the companion show The Traitors: Uncloaked which will return alongside the third season of ‘The Traitors’. Once hosted again by comedian Ed Gamble, The Traitors: Uncloaked will be available via BBC Sounds and on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
Applications are now open for those who wish to take part in the ultimate game of strategy, suspicion and trust. Casting for celebrity players to take seats at the round table is also underway. Filming for both commissions will take place in 2025.
‘The Traitors’ is produced by Studio Lambert Scotland for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The fourth season (12 episodes) and the celebrity series is (9 episodes) have been commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning for the BBC. The executive producers for Studio Lambert Scotland are Mike Cotton, Sarah Fay and Lewis Thurlow with and Production Executives, Lynette Woods-Reynolds and Gemma Scholes. The Commissioning Editors for the BBC are Neil McCallum and Syeda Irtizaali.
Outside of the UK version, it was announced recently that Peacock in the USA had renewed the US version of the show for two more seasons, taking it to Season 4. ‘The Traitors US‘, presented by Alan Cumming, also airs on the BBC in the UK alongside the UK version.
‘The Traitors‘ Season 3 (or 4, or the celebrity version…) don’t yet have premiere dates but will air on BBC One and iPlayer. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
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