THE TRAITORS THIS WEEK: WHAT TO EXPECT AS BBC SERIES ENTERS SECOND WEEK

The multi-award-winning hit psychological game format The Traitors, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, continues this week on BBC One.

This week

Wednesday - As the drama continues, the question on everyone's lips is who will be making it to breakfast. Suspicion mounts amongst the Faithful, and with surprises afoot, the mission certainly rattles a few cages. As evening descends, will the Faithful band together to banish a Traitor? Or will a fractious Round Table lead to the loss of an innocent Faithful leaving the castle?

Thursday - With the Traitors plotting their next move in the dead of night, will breakfast bring the Faithful any clues as to their identity? Hoping to add money to the prize pot, the mission proves to be no laughing matter, leaving the Faithful more determined than ever to catch a Traitor at an emotional Round Table.

As the castle reels from the events of the evening, the Traitors eye up their next victim.

Friday - As the game reaches the halfway point, the Players’ suspicions get stronger, but are they focusing on the right people? With a mission which only adds fuel to the fire, many are left in a sticky situation that dominates a dramatic Round Table. In a game where no-one can rest on their laurels, the Traitors face their biggest challenge yet in deciding which Faithful they want out of the picture.

About The Traitors

The Traitors, made by Studio Lambert Scotland, is an intense psychological game in which players must decide who they can trust. In each episode, the players work together to complete spectacular physical and mental missions.

If they are successful, they add money to a prize pot, which is worth up to £120,000. But to win the prize pot, players must survive to the end of the game – they must avoid being ‘murdered’ or ‘banished’.

At the start of the game, a small number of players are secretly selected by Claudia to be The Traitors. The rest of the players are known as ‘The Faithful’ and none of The Faithful know who The Traitors are.

Players are eliminated in one of two ways; each night, The Traitors meet in secret and decide to ‘murder’ one of The Faithful and next morning when the group meet for breakfast the ‘murdered’ player does not appear.

Then, later in the day, all the players meet at the ‘Round Table’ and decide to ‘banish’ a player they suspect of being a Traitor. Whomever they pick will then reveal if they are indeed a Traitor or a Faithful.

At the end of the game, the few remaining players will share the prize pot if they are all Faithful, but if there is still a Traitor among them, the Traitor takes all the prize money.

The Traitors continues Wednesday-Friday at 9pm on BBC One.