The Traitors and Celebrity Traitors will officially be back on the BBC for the next three years.
The juggernaut game of wink murder has turned into a ratings bonanza for the Beeb, so it’s no surprise the broadcaster has locked in with producers Studio Lambert for years to come.
Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, who’s set to launch her own chat show this week off the back of the show’s success, The Traitors’ lease on the Scottish castle will now go up to 2030.
The show will continue to air on BBC One and iPlayer, with an official announcement promising ‘even more twists, turns, secrets, epic missions, deception, banishments and, of course, murders aplenty from the now iconic Ardross Castle’.
Described as a ‘landmark deal’, it also includes a continued BBC agreement to host the international versions of the betrayal game, including those from the US, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
It comes after Celebrity Traitors, which was won in an unparalleled run by Alan Carr, raked in a peak viewership of 15.4 million for the finale, making it the most-watched series of 2025.
The fourth series of The Traitors soon followed and again saw millions tune in to watch Stephen Libby and Rachel Duffy become the first Traitor double act to take home the prize pot.
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The traitorous two banished and murdered their way to a 50/50 split of £95,750 in the series four finale.
‘Two Traitors who were totally faithful to each other,’ an emotional Winkleman declared at the close of the thrilling and wholly unpredictable last episode.
The good news just keeps coming because the show is even getting a stage spin-off on the West End for 2027.
In the official announcement of the new BBC deal, Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning at the BBC, said: ‘We are proud to remain faithful to The Traitors and The Celebrity Traitors until 2030 and wanted to say a big thank you to the outstanding team at Studio Lambert Scotland for bringing it to screen.
‘We can’t wait to share many more twists and turns with viewers all across the UK in the coming years.’
Meanwhile, CEO of Studio Lambert, Stephen Lambert, said: ‘The Traitors has become a genuine television phenomenon across the world, but especially in the UK, and we’re thrilled to continue the journey with the BBC.
‘It’s hugely exciting that audiences will have many more years of strategy, suspense and shocking twists still to come.’
Celebrity Traitors will return on the BBC in 2026. The Traitors will be back in 2027.
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