The Traitors (British TV series) series 4

The fourth series of The Traitors was first shown on BBC One on 1 January 2026. Claudia Winkleman presented the series. The Traitors: Uncloaked shows after The Traitors each night. Ed Gamble presents Uncloaked. The series ended on 23 January 2026. Rachel Duffy and Stephen Libby won as Traitors.

Production
In August 2024, before the previous series had started, the BBC said that The Traitors would get a fourth series. Applications for the series opened on 22 August 2024 and closed on 28 March 2025. The series was recorded in June 2025. The series began on 1 January 2026.

People in the game
The BBC revealed the 22 people playing the game (players) at midnight on 1 January 2026. 

There were some secret connections in the game. Judy and Roxy were mother and daughter. Roxy said this to the camera in the first episode. Ellie and Ross were dating. Ellie only said this to the camera after Ross was banished (voted by other players to leave the game). Netty and Ross were old friends and they did not know that the other one would be on the show. Netty told the other players this.

In the first episode, Winkleman said one player would be a "Secret Traitor". The audience would not know who this traitor was. This "Secret Traitor" would write a murder shortlist (a smaller list of Faithful players for murder). The audience could only know if a player was faithful if they were on the shortlist or banished. Fiona was the Secret Traitor. This was shown in episode 4. Before this, a red cloak showed the Secret Traitor. 

+List of The Traitors playersPlayerAgeLives inWorks as Affiliation End Netty Österberg 42 Glasgow, Scotland Nursery school teacherFaithfulMurdered(Episode 2) Judy Wilson 60 Doncaster, England Child liaison officerFaithfulBanished(Episode 2) Ben 66 Hampshire, England Royal Navy veteranFaithfulMurdered(Episode 3) Hugo Lodge 51 London, England BarristerTraitorBanished(Episode 3) Ross Garshong 37 London, England Sales executive & personal trainer FaithfulBanished(Episode 4) Marzook "Maz" Bana 59 Preston, England Civil servantFaithfulMurdered Amanda Collier 57 Brighton, England Retired police detectiveFaithfulBanished(Episode 5) Reece Ward 27 Sheffield, England Sweet shop assistant FaithfulMurdered Fiona Hughes 62 Swansea, Wales Local government officerTraitorBanished(Episode 6) Harriet Tyce 52 London, England Crime writer & former barristerFaithfulBanished(Episode 7) Adam Waughman 34 Romford, England BuilderFaithfulMurdered Sam Little 34 North Yorkshire, England Account managerFaithfulBanished(Episode 8) Jessie Stride 28 Hull, England HairstylistFaithfulMurdered Ellie Buckley 33 London, England PsychologistFaithfulBanished(Episode 9) Matthew Hyndman 35 Edinburgh, Scotland Creative directorFaithfulBanished(Episode 10) Roxy Wilson 32 Amsterdam, Netherlands RecruiterFaithfulMurdered James Baker 38 Weymouth, England GardenerFaithfulBanished Jade Scott 25 Warwick, England PhD studentFaithfulBanished Faraaz Noor 22 Middlesbrough, England Internal auditorFaithfulBanished Jack Butler 29 Hatfield Heath, England Personal trainerFaithfulBanished Rachel Duffy 42 Newry, Northern Ireland Head of communicationsTraitorWinner Stephen Libby 32 London, England Cyber security consultant TraitorWinner

Elimination history

Key
  The player was a Faithful.
  The player was a Traitor.
  The player was murdered by the Traitors.
  The player was banished at the round table.

Episode123456789101112Secret Traitorshortlist rowspan="3"     colspan="15" Traitors' decision Netty Ben  rowspan="2" MazReece rowspan="2" AdamJessieJames Roxy colspan="2" rowspan="3"  Murder Murder ShortlistMurder Murder Murder MurderDagger MurderCould not be murderedAdamSam  Jack colspan="2" Banished rowspan="2" JudyHugoRossTieTieAmandaFionaHarrietSamEllieMatthewTieTieJamesJadeVote7–7Fate5–3–13–32–2Fate3–1–1RachelNovoteRossRossRossSamReeceNovoteFionaHarrietSamEllieMatthewJamesNovoteNovoteJadeStephenJudyHugoMazAmandaAmandaFionaHarrietSamEllieMatthewJamesJamesJade JackJudyReeceReeceReeceReeceFionaHarrietMatthewMatthewMatthewRachelJamesRachel FaraazJudySamSamStephenReeceSamHarrietSamEllieJadeRachelRachelJade JadeJudyAmandaRossAmandaAmandaFionaHarrietSamEllieJamesJamesRachelFaraaz  JamesJudyReeceReeceReeceReeceFionaHarrietMatthewMatthewMatthew 2xRachelNovoteBanished  RoxyJamesJamesRossReeceReeceFionaHarrietJamesJamesJamesMurdered (Episode 11)  MatthewJudyHugoSamAmandaAmandaSamHarrietSamJadeJamesBanished   EllieJudyHugoReeceAmandaAmandaSamJadeSamJadeBanished   JessieJudyAmandaReeceStephenAmandaFionaHarrietStephenMurdered (Episode 9)  SamJudyHugoReeceAmandaAmandaFionaHarrietEllieBanished (Episode 8) AdamJudyHugoJadeReeceReeceJadeMatthewMurdered (Episode 8) HarrietJudyHugoRossStephenAmandaFionaRachelBanished (Episode 7)  FionaJudyHugoRossReeceReeceSamBanished (Episode 6) ReeceAdamHugoRossEllieNovoteMurdered (Episode 6)  AmandaJadeJadeJadeJadeNovoteBanished (Episode 5)  MazJudyHugoJadeMurdered (Episode 5) RossJudyHugoStephenBanished (Episode 4)  HugoJudyAmandaBanished (Episode 3)  BenJudyMurdered (Episode 3)  JudySamBanished (Episode 2) Netty Murdered (Episode 2)
End game
Episode12Decision BanishFaraaz BanishJackGame OverTraitors WinVote     Rachel Banish Faraaz Banish JackWinners Stephen Banish Faraaz Banish Jack Jack Banish Rachel Banish RachelBanished Faraaz Banish StephenBanished
Notes

Ratings
Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All ratings are provided by BARB.
EpisodeDateOfficial rating(millions)Weekly rankfor BBC OneWeekly rankfor all UK TVEpisode 111.8511Episode 211.0433Episode 311.2022

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