That’s the weekend sorted!
Fans of the hit BBC series The Traitors looking for their next fix won’t have to wait long as the broadcaster has acquired the rights to the US-version of the show and it is available from Friday.
The BBC said the series will land as a boxset on BBC iPlayer tomorrow and then be shown on both BBC Three and BBC One.
O come all ye Faithfuls… this is NOT a drill
The Traitors US is coming to @BBCiPlayer – tomorrow, Friday 13 January!
And you'll be able to watch on @bbcthree and @BBCOne very soon too…
More info
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— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) January 12, 2023
Dan McGolpin, BBC director, iPlayer and channels, said: “Following the huge success of The Traitors, which has been streamed more than 28 million times on BBC iPlayer and was the talk of the nation over the festive period, we’re delighted to give BBC viewers the chance to watch the brand new US series within hours of its release in America.”
Hosted by the brilliant Alan Cumming and filmed at the same location as the UK series, it’s a new year treat for those seeking out more treachery – all is about to be revealed on BBC iPlayer, BBC Three and BBC One.”
The show, hosted by actor Alan Cumming at an ancient castle in Scotland, sees 20 of America’s “most cunning contestants, a mix of famous faces and everyday Americans, play the ultimate murder mystery game of deception and suspicion”.
The contestants then work together on “exhilarating missions” to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000, but hidden amongst the “Faithful contestants are the Traitors, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithful and claim the prize for themselves, all the while remaining undetected”.
“Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors will murder the Faithful one by one, and alongside this treacherous spree the players must try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game.”
If the contestants banish all the “traitors”, they will share the prize fund but if a Traitor makes it to the end, they will steal all the money.
The show will be available on BBC One as double-bills on Wednesday nights at 10.40pm for 5 weeks from 25 January and available on BBC Three across three weeks (from 24 January to 8 February).
Each day the contestants, most of them ‘faithfuls’, will get the chance to debate and decide who they think the traitors in their midst are and banish one of their own, hoping they can boot out all of the traitors before they’re done for.
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