Celebrity Traitors announced with all-star line up - plus two more series confirmed

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Great news for The Traitors fans as the BBC has officially confirmed an "unmissable" celebrity edition is in the works, after months of speculation.The news was announced at Edinburgh Fringe Festival on Thursday August 22, as the nine-part series will be dropping on BBC and iPlayer after season 3, which has already been filmed in the Scottish Highlands with host Claudia Winkelman.

That's not all, the highly successful show, saw phenomenal growth with 46m views on BBC iPlayer and an average of 8.1m views per episode, has also been commissioned for series 4, which will begin filming in 2025.The celebrity version will also begin filming in 2025, as the line-up is yet to be announced.

Speaking about the exciting news, the BBC's head of entertainment Kalpna Patel-Knight said: “The Traitors has well and truly established itself as an unmissable highlight of the year and the news of a fourth outing, alongside a brand new celebrity version coming to the BBC, will take the series to a whole new level.

It will once again be fascinating for our audiences to see who’ll outwit, outplay, and outlast. Let the mind games begin!" Mike Cotton, Creative Director Unscripted at Studio Lambert and Executive Producer for The Traitors added to the excitement, describing the new spin-off as "unmissable". “We are thrilled to be inviting some celebrities into our castle to come and play the game," he said.