Claudia Winkleman previews new plot, countdown to ‘Traitor’ premiere

Claudia Winkleman previews new plot, countdown to 'Traitor' premiere

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traitor Returning to BBC One on New Year’s Day, 22 new contestants will compete to win a game of deception and behavioral scrutiny.

Less than two months after Alan Carr died Stand out from the first celebrity edition, traitor Season 4 begins with a 65-minute premiere.

in This year’s contestants is a best-selling crime author and a retired police detective.

In the first episode, host Claudia Winkelmann chooses three contestants to be traitors and the others to be loyal.

The loyalists must try to discover the identities of the traitors and oust them through a series of roundtable votes. Meanwhile, the traitors must try to hide their identities while regularly “killing” believers.

Bonuses accumulated through various “challenges” are awarded to the surviving traitors at the end of the game, or to the remaining true believers if all traitors have been dug out.

Winkelmann also revealed that the upcoming series will have a twist, with “new content” to be revealed in the first episode.

Read more below….

Let’s start with the contestants: Who will be this year’s loyalists and traitors?

Louis ChiltonJanuary 1, 2026 10:45

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Louis ChiltonJanuary 1, 2026 10:44

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