A mere three months after The Celebrity Traitors took over the British national psyche, the Traitors has announced that it will be heading back to screens on New Year’s Day.

The show, which is headed up by Claudia Winkleman , hasn’t announced its cast yet, but the most important thing is that we’re kicking off 2026 in the right way.

The first episode of the new series will air at 8pm on BBC One on January 1, while episode two will follow at 8pm on January 2.

The third episode (and indeed the rest of the show) will then follow at a later date. The series’ companion show, The Traitors: Uncloaked, will also be returning for more, starting on BBC Two immediately after the first episode airs, 9.05pm on January 1.

The premise of The Traitors, which is a spinoff of the Dutch show De Ver

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