BBC reveals The Traitors premiere date
The new series of The Traitors will premiere on New Year’s Day in 2026.
The Traitors series four will premiere on New Year’s Day.
The eagerly-awaited new series of the hit TV show will launch on January 1, 2026, at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
Claudia Winkleman is returning to host the new episodes, and series four of The Traitors will see 22 people from across the UK descend on a Scottish Castle to try and win up to £120,000.
The second episode of series four will air on January 2, 2026, and each episode will become available on BBC iPlayer after they have aired on BBC One.
The BBC has also confirmed that The Traitors: Uncloaked, the official visualised companion podcast, is also returning in 2026. The Traitors: Uncloaked will start on BBC Two immediately after the main series on January 1.
The show will subsequently move over to BBC One for the remainder of the series.
Meanwhile, it was recently confirmed that The Celebrity Traitors final attracted an audience of 15 million people.
The show proved to be a huge hit with TV viewers, with the BBC confirming that the first series of The Celebrity Traitors concluded its run with a huge audience, becoming the biggest title of 2025 across the UK.
Episode six of the series attracted an audience of 15.2 million people, with the series averaging 14.8 million viewers per episode, with 3.1 million 16 to 34 year olds tuning in.
Kalpna Patel-Knight, the head of entertainment at the BBC, said in a statement: "Studio Lambert have done an outstanding job as The Celebrity Traitors has well and truly captivated the nation, becoming a bona fide highlight of the year bringing record numbers of people together to enjoy every twist and turn.
"In 2026 the doors of the castle will be opened again to welcome celebrity players to the game to see who can charm, who can scheme and ultimately who can survive in series two which promises to be just as unmissable as the first. Plus with Uncloaked returning and today’s news of the positive contribution The Traitors brand has made to Scotland’s economy, there is plenty to celebrate."
