The BBC can confirm that the launch date for the brand-new series of The Traitors will be New Year’s Day at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

Starting in the new year, the smash hit multi award winning psychological series returns for a fourth series. Faithful viewers will once again be treated to the ultimate reality game of trust and treachery with the first few episodes airing as follows:

Episode 1  – 8pm on Thursday 1 January 2026
Episode 2 – 8pm on Friday 2 January 2026

Each episode will become available on BBC iPlayer after they have aired on BBC One.

Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, series four of The Traitors will see 22 people from across the UK descend on a Scottish Castle to try and win up to £120k. Expect even more twists, turns, secrets, epic missions, deception, banishments and, of course, murders aplenty.

The Traitors: Uncloaked

For fans who want more, the official visualised companion podcast is returning. The Traitors: Uncloaked will start on BBC Two immediately after the main series on Thursday 1 January at 9.05pm. The show will then move over to BBC One for the remainder of the series from Friday 2 January at 9pm onwards and will also be available on BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer.

Host Ed Gamble will be joined by celebrities and players from previous series to analyse and react to developments in the castle.

The Traitors is produced by Studio Lambert Scotland for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The fourth series of The Traitors (12×60) has been commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning for the BBC. The executive producers for Studio Lambert Scotland are Mike Cotton, Sarah Fay, Lewis Thurlow and Darrell Olsen for The Traitors. The Production Executives are Lynette Woods-Reynolds, Gemma Scholes and Faye Donaldson. The Commissioning Editors for the BBC are Neil McCallum and Syeda Irtizaali.

The Traitors (Dutch title: De Verraders) was created and developed by IDTV, in cooperation with RTL Creative Unit. The original series was produced by IDTV. All3Media International is global partner for The Traitors and handles format and tape sales worldwide. Studio Lambert is part of All3Media.

MJ

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