Another week, another batch of episodes of The Traitors UK to keep us all entertained. And entertained is exactly what they kept us, as the competition's third quarter has proven to be the most compelling of them all thus far.
Claudia Winkleman welcomed the Faithfuls and the Traitors to Ardross Castle for another season and fans have been watching on the edges of their seats since it returned to BBC One on New Year's Day. Although it almost seems too soon for the show's fourth series to be heading towards its final quarter, the three weekly batches of episodes have been thrilling - allowing the show to have really solid pacing throughout.
Speaking of which, with quarter three finished this Friday, here's when you can expect the next episode. Although it is not on on Saturday night, it won't be much longer until it's next on our TV screens!
When the next episode of The Traitors airs on BBC One
The Traitors will return to BBC One next Wednesday, January 21, as it airs a new episode at 8:00 p.m. GMT. Season 4 episode 7 is an important one for the series as it will kick off the final quarter, marking the beginning of the end for this particular season. Just as audiences have come to expect from the show, it will air a brand new episode in that same timeslot on Thursday and another on Friday - the latter of which will serve as the season 4 finale.
This series hasn't held back, with some real surprises early on - including the banishment of Faithfuls such as Judy and Amanda, who the group wrongly believed to be Traitors. That really threw audiences for a loop and resulted in a sense of unpredictability which this show thrives on. With just three episodes of the fourth series left, we have no doubt that it will continue to do so when it returns next week.
The show has been incredibly successful since it premiered on BBC One back in November 2022, but it's also the rare breed of a show that has increased in popularity each and every year. Its celebrity spinoff last year, The Celebrity Traitors, generated the most buzz thus far, setting modern day viewing figures records for BBC and proving why the show is its biggest hit since Strictly Come Dancing (which Claudia Winkleman also hosted until her and co-host Tess Daly's departures after the 23rd series last year).
Given that this is just one of the many entries in the Traitors global franchise, it's safe to say that this IP is going to spend many, many more years on our TV screens. With the US edition also currently airing its fourth season Stateside, audiences around the world just can't get enough of The Traitors.