TV juggernaut The Traitors will return to screens on New Year’s Day, the BBC has confirmed.

The fourth series follows hot on the heels of the debut series of the celebrity spin-off, which was won by comedian Alan Carr.

The first episode of the new series will air at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer on January 1, with the second episode airing on January 2.

Claudia Winkleman will return to the Scottish Highlands to front the show, which sees a new batch of faithful civilians attempt to weed out the murderous traitors before the prize pot is snatched away.

Some 22 new contestants will try to win up to £120,000 and the BBC has promised “even more twists, turns, secrets, epic missions, deception, banishments and, of course, murders aplenty”.

The first series of Celebrity Traitors, which aired i

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