The latest Traitors drama exposes the show’s central flaw
Until her dramatic explosion at the breakfast table, Harriet was perhaps the best player we’ve seen on The Traitors far. But that’s why she could never win.
Jacob Stolworthy16 January 2026 07:00
Why Claudia Winkleman is at the riskiest point in her career
Claudia might have us all eating out of the palm of her knitted glove-clad hand right now, but The Independent’s Helen Coffey thinks The Traitors presenter is at the most precarious point of her professional life. Here’s why…
Why Claudia Winkleman is at the riskiest point of her career
As the beloved, fringe-fringed presenter kicks off a new series of ‘The Traitors’ and prepares for a new prime-time chat show, Helen Coffey charts her unstoppable rise and the obstacles she must now navigate to secure full national treasure status
Jacob Stolworthy16 January 2026 06:00
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Jacob Stolworthy16 January 2026 04:00
Claudia Winkleman praised for off-screen behaviour
She’s an outlier when it comes to other game show presenters, according to a past Traitors contestant.
Jacob Stolworthy16 January 2026 02:00
Traitors icon backs shock contestant for victory
But after the latest episode, we’re not so sure.
Jacob Stolworthy16 January 2026 01:00
The latest season of The Traitors is teeming with twenty and thirtysomething men who all look pretty similar, and it’s making the backstabbing and double-crossing in the castle even more impenetrable than usual, says Katie Rosseinsky.
Jacob Stolworthy15 January 2026 23:30
ICYMI: Adam is murdered by Traitors
The Traitors’ risky strategy to murder, despite not knowing who had a shield, paid off.
Traitors Rachel and Stephen claim ghost-hunting builder Adam as their latest victim
Jacob Stolworthy15 January 2026 23:00
There’s a theory doing the rounds based on the second envelope next to the banished contestants when they discover who the traitors are on aftershow Uncloaked.
One sleuth has suggested it might bear the name of someone Claudia secretly appointed as a Soothsayer at the start of the show.
The theory goes that the Soothsayer has been able to correctly identify their fellow contestants’ true identities – and has been quietly influencing the game ever since.
There’s a second envelope that remains unopened (BBC)
So who could it be? If true, the sleuth believes the Soothsayer is Ellie.
Jacob Stolworthy15 January 2026 22:30
Adam said he spotted ghost in the castle
The ghosthunting builder dropped the bombshell on Traitors Uncloaked, where he said: “As I was walking up the stairwell, somebody followed me up.”
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Jacob Stolworthy15 January 2026 22:00
Adam ‘wanted to slap’ James after shield theft
“I don’t like being lied to face-to-face. I asked him a few times when I came into the castle. I was bubbling.”
(BBC)
Jacob Stolworthy15 January 2026 21:18