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Starts tonight at 9pm.
I’m quite looking forward to this, it’s been quite good viewing on the normal version.
Surely they are going to give the ever effervescent Claire Balding the tap on the shoulder?
I had thought that Bob Mortimer was in it but seemingly not.
I'd watch it if Robbie Rotten Claire Balding wasn't in it. I am not sure I could bear it with her in it. However, if Bob Mortimer *had* been in it, I'd put up with her so I could watch him.
Edit: I have just seen who is in it – Alan Carr. Forget it, he's even more annoying than Claire Balding so there's no way I could watch it.
Looking forward to it too - and I even know all but-two of the celebs! Which is rare for a 'celeb' TV programme now. 🙂
Looking forward to it too - and I even know all but-two of the celebs! Which is rare for a 'celeb' TV programme now. 🙂
You are more in touch than me. I only know eight of them.
5 minutes doing stuff 55 minutes discussing their feelings.
Mrs Zip will be tuned in and I will be tutting over my iPad
Will playing the game mean that their professional personas slip? Will we then get to see the real people?
That's the interesting thing for me.
Quite enjoyed that, the nominated killer looked proper nervous.
Much better than I thought it would be. I thought having famous people would ruin it, but the celebs are very funny & seem to be much better at the tasks and acting as a team than the general public have been in the main series. (So far anyway)
The wife spotted a major balls-up at the start. Supposedly they went straight to the graves before entering the castle and did all that digging - then as they were driving back to the castle they were all spotlessly clean!
not a mucky hand or dirty white dress in sight!
Just as trail centre runs all start off with a "qualifier" so you can tell straight away "this isn't for me", so did the first episode.
This isn't for me.
Looking forward to it too - and I even know all but-two of the celebs! Which is rare for a 'celeb' TV programme now. 🙂
That was my reaction as well!
I thought the first episode was entertaining but think that two of the participants picked to be traitors are too high profile. Probably chosen for engagement but will hog air time from the more interesting, lesser known celebs.
My early favourite is Charlotte Church - a bit gobby but seems like a nice, genuine person.
Okay, so I watched it despite what I said yesterday (my wife and one of our daughters sat down to watch it so I thought I'd join them for some rare family time together). I didn't mind it actually – Claire Balding and Alan Carr didn't grate as much I expected them to. I am sure Stephen Fry is going to be my highlight though – he's probably more intelligent than the rest of them put together.
Really enjoyed the first one. A pretty good bunch to be honest, and I know most of them which makes a pleasant change for "celebrity" shows. Be interesting to see who Alan Carr marks. My guess? Paloma Faith.
Already legendary!... 🤣🤣
Nick Mohammed is obviously pretty bright as well. Fry is coming across as a bit pompous (who knew!) but there doesn’t seem to be anyone I can’t stand.
Never seen Traitors before but thought we'd give this a go.
Strong line-up. Apparently the way to get actual celebrities is to not ask them to dance or eat insects.
You can never separate the acting or playing up for the camera and the real deal, but I thought AC was genuinely stumped about how to behave now. When he said he’d pole vaulted over the radar, made me chuckle. Claire Balding will have to deal with that lever pull for a while, what a team leader! 🤣
Claire Balding will have to deal with that lever pull for a while, what a team leader!
Or not, as the case may be. I think she is probably doomed & will be ejected at the first opportunity.
Told my daughter it was Eddie Izzard, to which she replied "Are they the same person like Tom Cruise and Sandi Tosvig? "
No spoilers on the important stuff, but Celia Imrie's fart may be the TV moment of the year. Punctured the tension building hype perfectly.
I hate to say it, but I'm enjoying it. No interest in a non-celeb version though.
Hahaha, yes that was quite funny. Claudia was trying to ramp up the jeopardy and fear of the task only for all her hard work to be undermined by a dainty little trumpet. Ruth is doing well, and I enjoyed the pile-on on JR over his alliance. I reckon he’s next to go and I wouldn’t be surprised if the other two did throw him under the bus.
I think Alan is going to have an accident in that hood,he never looks like he can see where he's going. 🤣 🤣
Now waiting on Wossie's quadruple bluff choice for the next murder . 😜
I think JR will go next - Ruth was ruthless yesterday and he's going to tie himself in knots/protest too much. He's become a liability to the other two.
I had no idea who Ruth was before the show, but having read up on her background, wow, what an amazing character.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpr5j3kgdo
Well worth replaying 2 or 20 times.
Enjoying this far more than i expected, having no interest and therefore never seen the non celeb version. All of the characters really work well together and, bar a couple of the younger ones i've heard of (and quite like) most of the others. I really want there to be a plot twist, something along the lines of a second (pre-determined) group of traitors already in the camp.
The two Joe's are developing in to a force to be reckoned with as well....
Oh and plot twist, if the traitors get chance to, i think they will recruit Ruth. Watch her squirm back tracking her suspicion of JR.
I expect they will only recruit when one of the three has been picked off. Unless AC’s stumbling sweating demeanour isn’t noticed, it’s surely JR now next.
On that, I did wonder if JR had an ego of such a size that he may have required that a condition on entering was that he was a traitor. To get rumbled so early would be poetic justice!
Enjoying this far more than i expected, having no interest and therefore never seen the non celeb version. All of the characters really work well together and, bar a couple of the younger ones i've heard of (and quite like) most of the others
Very much my experience of watching this series.
Nice work by JR to deflect attention to Claire - she was the main danger having already pointed the finger at JR and Alan.
After these first four episodes my money is on Joe Marler to win.
Sorry. I don’t get it. Old so called celebs playing along to a script. I thought jr had been banned for his appalling behaviour on the radio a few years sgo
There's another thread if you want to moan about the programme - HTH!... 🙂
https://singletrackmag.com/forum/off-topic/for-the-hard-of-understanding-traitors/#post-13642794
Nobody has mention Lucy B yet, as far as I can see (hear). It’s bizarre how some people just fly under the radar without even trying (unless they are).
I think, surely, JR is out on the next round table.
Just watched episode 4. It is amazing how so many intelligent people can get it so wrong. They seem to be even worse at Traitor spotting than the general public. It's even more frustrating when they appear to be on the right track, only to change their minds and go off on a tangent. It is quite spectacular how a bit of charisma will get you through a round table.
Just watched episode 4. It is amazing how so many intelligent people can get it so wrong. They seem to be even worse at Traitor spotting than the general public. It's even more frustrating when they appear to be on the right track, only to change their minds and go off on a tangent. It is quite spectacular how a bit of charisma will get you through a round table.
There's a political metaphor in there somewhere
I am enjoying it but disappointed that some of the more interesting celebs - Ruth and Niko - are out so early.
Caught a comment on the radio that the two Joes were having a Joemance, not an image I wanted
Sorry. I don’t get it. Old so called celebs playing along to a script
You really don't understand it, do you?
I can tolerate it more than the civilian version because they are not all trying to establish how smart they are, how important they are, and, in some cases, how clairvoyant they are.
Can someone explain why JR only got 1 vote in the last voting round?
Ruth was murdered after strongly accusing JR, plus his denial of mentioning an "alliance" against the word of two others. In addition, his defence was extremely suspicious, essentially giving the actual reason he used for killing Ruth as his justification for innocence. I don't believe an actual faithful would give a defence like that, they would focus more of the fact they'd been set up rather than putting themselves in the shoes of the traitor.
Way more evidence pointing against him than anyone else, yet Clare got voted out without really any good reason.
Joe Marles has clocked it and is frustrated that he's somehow not speaking articulately or confidently enough because people don't seem to be listening!
I've not watched it,but suffice to say, **** these **** ****s.
I've not watched it,but suffice to say, **** these **** ****s.
Clearly ironic, I'm just not sure if it's deliberate or not
Edit - ooh, when you quote you can see the unfiltered version!
Can someone explain why JR only got 1 vote in the last voting round?
I guess that nobody that it could be JR as murdering Ruth is too obvious a reaction to her accusations of him.It does however also seem to be playing out in a way that will maximise viewer engagement which the cynical could take as evidence of shenanigans although, against that, getting rid of Niko was not good for younger viewer engagement which is probably top of the producers list so I am willing to take it at face value.
I am glad that Clare Balding has gone as I have always found her tedious in the extreme.
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