The Traitors [UK]

Name: The Traitors [UK]
Genre: Drama, Reality, Game Show
Released: December 1, 2022
Rating: 83

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Peacock | Release Date: December 1, 2022

Summary: Based on the Dutch series De Verraders, The British reality series hosted by Claudia Winkleman features 22 contestants in a Scottish castle. Three "traitors" are secretly trying to eliminate the others "faithfuls" from the game to win the £120,000 prize.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 29 Nov 2022 and in the US on PeacockBased on the Dutch series De Verraders, The British reality series hosted by Claudia Winkleman features 22 contestants in a Scottish castle. Three "traitors" are secretly trying to eliminate the others "faithfuls" from the game to win the £120,000 prize.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 29 Nov 2022 and in the US on Peacock on 15 Feb 2023]… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Reality, Game Show

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100

The Guardian Elle Hunt

Jan 2, 2026

Season 4 Review: They’ve upped the ante and made the format even twistier. Episode one, with its rapid, punchy reveals, leaves us and the players with plenty of threads to pull on – and exudes the producers’ confidence in the coming payoff. Read full review

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The Guardian Rachel Aroesti

Feb 14, 2024

Season 2 Review: The subsequent suspense is so well engineered that when the episode ends just as the fourth traitor is about to lift their hood, I let out an involuntary yelp of frustration. Let’s add it to the catalogue of small, strange sounds – from Winkleman’s gasp to the hiss of thousands of gleeful hands rubbing together – that heralds a new entry in the canon of truly great reality TV. Read full review

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The Guardian Rachel Aroesti

Jan 2, 2025

Season 3 Review: The Traitors is not resting on its laurels. As a study of human behaviour – of deception, manipulation, self-preservation – it remains captivating. As perhaps the best example of social experiment-style reality TV, it has cemented its place in the cultural firmament. Read full review

i Emily Baker

Feb 14, 2024

Season 2 Review: So far, The Traitors is pretty much the same game. And that’s certainly no bad thing. The BBC knows they have a hit on their hands, and it would be very stupid indeed to mess with the formula too much. Whether this second series will live up to the first all depends on how the game is played. With a cast of intriguing characters, more twists and Claudia Winkleman’s magic touch, I have faith. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Jan 2, 2025

Season 3 Review: If we must have reality TV shows, this is probably the best of the bunch. No one thus far seems to be in the calibre of last year’s winner, Harry Clark, who played a (ruthless) blinder, and I can’t imagine any will be. We’ll soon see. Read full review

The Telegraph Jasper Rees

Feb 14, 2024

Season 1 Review: I identify as someone who avoids getting sucked into all TV elimination contests, but may not resist this one. Episode one passed a basic sniff test: I snuck straight on to the next episode. Read full review

The Independent Isobel Lewis

Feb 14, 2024

Season 1 Review: The Traitors definitely isn’t a perfect reality show, or even the best in its genre right now, but it is pretty entertaining. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

85
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: February 26, 2026
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 3

90
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: March 6, 2025
Season 2

80
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 8, 2024
Season 1

73
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 29, 2022