BBC rewards faithful Traitors fans with season two release date announcement

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Series two was swiftly confirmed, and last month, the BBC began airing short promos revealing new episodes would be “coming soon”. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Claudia Winkleman on ‘The Traitors’ Speaking at the 2023 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in London in March, Winkleman said that she knew the show had the potential to become a big hit following two big moments during filming. We were like, ‘Never mind – we had fun.’ And then something sort of magic happened and Twitter took over.” When she was asked when she knew “we were onto something special”, Winkleman replied: “I think probably the first roundtable. So we were up there and the surroundings were beautiful, there was a peacock and I was wearing quite a lot of tweed – and then the first roundtable happened and they kicked out Nicky.” She continued: “Nicky was there for a real reason, an important reason, and I thought, ‘Hold on a minute, just hold on a second – something’s happening here.’” Nicky had made no secret of the fact that she was hoping to use the show’s prize fund in order to purchase a myoelectric model prosthetic hand that she could control with her thoughts.