And there was me all worried that returning to a “normal” version of Traitors after the phenomenal success of the celebrity version late last year would be akin to Dorothy’s return home after her colourful detour to Oz – not quite black and white, but certainly a bit drab.
Indeed, we may not get the psychedelic characters of freshly anointed national treasure Alan Carr, the world’s first knitter Tom Daley and the silence-breaking scene stealer Celia Imrie, nor the nation-stopping moment (YET!) of Nick Mohammed’s U-turn on Joe Marler, but many of my fears were quashed within five minutes of the start of the new series. 22 people met on a train and travelled to a castle… not all of them would survive. Such a formula never broke for Agatha Christie and her many emulators; why would TV producers mess in 2025?
The big twist was hanging in the air, though, and what a gem it proved. Of the 22 contestants, all of whom wanted to be Traitors, unlike in the celebrity version, Claudia tapped on the shoulders of cyber consultant Steve, communications guru Rachel and barrister Hugo. So gleeful were they in their green cloaks, until Claudia announced the presence of the red-cloaked traitor in their midst – not just someone who would be ordering who they murdered with a shortlist, but who knew who they were, while keeping his or her own identity hidden. What a wonderful onion layer of intrigue to add to the already timeless gifts of seduction, betrayal, treachery and to-face fibbing coming our way in the next few weeks.
It also means that, for the first time, we viewers get to play along. For years, us armchair experts have been saying guessing a traitor’s identity is Fisher Price-level detective work, while players have been telling us it’s much harder than it looks when you’re inside the castle. Well, we finally get to walk the walk and, I have to say, I don’t have a dickie bird who is wearing the red cloak, so they may have a point.
Plus it was worth the price of admission alone to see the look on barrister Hugo’s face as he realised he wouldn’t have all the powers of murder and mayhem accorded to previous traitors. “I do not require middle management,” he hurrumphed. It’s a line that which will surely garner him much sympathy from workers returning to offices after the Christmas break, even if it doesn’t protect him inside the castle.
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