‘The Traitors’: BBC & Ofcom Were Forced To Correct Record Over Scottish Talent Working On Season 1

deadline.com:

EXCLUSIVE: The row around use of local Scottish talent on hit show The Traitors, or lack thereof, is showing no signs of abating.

Deadline can now reveal that late last year the BBC and Ofcom were forced to amend the regulator’s record of how many Scots worked on Season 1 of The Traitors, which is produced by London-headquartered Studio Lambert in Scotland and qualifies as a Scottish commission.

Prior to The Traitors row generating headlines due to a buzzy LinkedIn post from Scottish director Peter Strachan, Deadline is told that figures from the local industry contacted Ofcom over what they believed to be a discrepancy in Ofcom’s Made Outside London register 2022.

That register initially listed The Traitors Season 1 as having achieved Ofcom’s criteria of at least 50% of below-the-line talent being based in Scotland.