Claudia Winkleman to host intriguing competition show The Traitors

By Lidia Molina-Whyte

Published: Wednesday, 25 May 2022 at 12:00 am

Claudia Winkleman is set to host BBC One’s brand new show The Traitors, based on a Dutch game show.

The Strictly Come Dancing presenter will be heading to a castle in the Scottish Highlands for the psychological contest, which will see players work together to complete spectacular physical and mental missions for a chance to win up to £120,000.

The catch? Before each mission, Winkleman will choose a small number of players to be ‘The Traitors’, unbeknownst to the others, who will be referred to as ‘The Faithful’. The Traitors get to ‘murder’ a player each night, and then when the group meets later the next day, they have to ‘banish’ a player they suspect of being a Traitor.

At the end of the game, the cash prize will only be won if the remaining contestants are all Faithful. If a Traitor is still among them, it’s the Traitors who get the cash.

Speaking of the series, Claudia Winkleman said in a statement: “I’m obsessed by psychological games and I couldn’t stop watching the Dutch version of the show. The fact that the BBC version is set in a castle in Scotland and the producers want me to wear tweed meant I was all in.”

Mike Cotton, deputy creative director of Studio Lambert, added: “The series is a nail-biting psychological adventure game and Claudia is a huge fan of the format and is the perfect puppet master to oversee this dramatic game set in the heart of the Scottish Highlands.”