The Traitors is truly the gift that keeps on giving. Every time you think the BBC show can’t get better, it does. Last time round an undercover crime novelist shouted at everyone while they were eating croissants and a couple of traitors went at each other in the turret. In the inaugural celebrity edition last autumn, Celia Imrie nervously farted and Tom Daley decided Kate Garraway’s use of the word “flabbergasted” was a red flag. Now, the second celebrity edition has begun and, oh boy, it’s already delivered a moment that soars above all of these. Richard E Grant has told everyone he’s a traitor by mistake!
It’s a spectacular marmalade-dropper of a moment that sums up why The Traitors is so perfect. You don’t know what ridiculous things people will do – famous or otherwise – while playing a silly party game in a Scottish castle, but you do know it will be infinitely entertaining. People either love The Traitors, or don’t watch it. To those in the latter camp, I can only ask… why? Life is hard, and this is the best thing on TV. It’s a blessed relief that it has returned.
