The Traitors to get ‘daring and shocking’ new adaptation as BBC rework hit actuality TV format

The Traitors is set to get a ‘bold and surprising’ new adaptation as the BBC have announced they are transforming the hit reality TV format – for the STAGE. 

Production companies Studio Lambert and Neal Street Productions, which are behind the making of the popular series, announced a theatrical format of the show is currently in development to launch in London next year. 

Written by Good Omens’ John Finnermore and directed by the Olivier award-winning Robert Hastie, the stage version follows on from the success of the TV series, which is hosted by Claudia Winkleman. 

The new stage show’s creators have teased ‘a bold and surprising’ experience for fans of The Traitors – set in a ‘thrilling new hunting ground’. 

CEO of Studio Lambert, Stephen Lambert, said: ‘Taking The Traitors from screen to stage is a hugely exciting next step for this much-loved brand. 

‘Partnering with Neal Street Productions, a true theatrical powerhouse, allows us to reimagine the show as a bold and surprising theatrical performance. 

The Traitors is set to get a ‘bold and surprising’ new adaptation as the BBC have announced they are transforming the hit reality TV format – for the STAGE

Fans will be entertained by the format once again – this time on stage (pictured: Stephen in the most recent series of the BBC One show)  

‘Faithful fans should expect an intense, joyful night out as we reveal a thrilling new hunting ground for our Traitors.’

While Neal Street Production’s Caro Newling added that the show would be a ‘bold, structural twist to the format only a live medium can provide’. 

Production details, including when fans can expect the show to make it’s debut, are yet to be announced.  

It comes after fans of the BBC One show hailed this year’s series as the ‘best ever’ as they branded the nail-biting finale as ‘beautiful’ television.   

The smash-hit fourth series of the BBC show concluded on Friday evening as Traitors Stephen Libby and Rachel Duffy emerged victorious and took home the huge cash prize.

Stephen, Rachel, James Baker, Faraaz Noor, Jade Scott and Jack Butler went head-to-head to be crowned the winner.

The group ultimately chose to banish Faraaz first, before voting to eliminate Jack in a dramatic second round of banishment.

Traitors Rachel and Stephen were left overwhelmed with emotion as host Claudia announced they had won the game, with each contestant taking home a whopping £47,875.

As fans at home watched the pair celebrate their win with a glass of champagne outside the castle before the credits rolled, they praised this year’s series as the ‘best ever’.

Stephen, Rachel, James Baker, Faraaz Noor, Jade Scott, and Jack Butler went head-to-head to be crowned the winner 

As fans at home watched the the pair celebrate their win with a glass of champagne outside the castle before the credits rolled, they praised this year’s series as the ‘best ever’

Flooding social media with comments, viewers said the episodes were the ‘most satisfying’ to watch, like ‘Shakespeare’.

One said: ‘God that wasn’t just good telly that was *licks fingers* bloody Shakespeare!’ as another chimed in: ‘This is the best finale of the UK series.’

‘So deserved. They did it with strategy, batted off suspicions, played the rest against each other and stayed loyal to each other. They made it a very satisfying and fun series to watch. Congrats to Rachel and Stephen,’ a third wrote. 

As a fourth said: ‘Your favourite English teacher and the little gay boy she lets sit in the classroom with her over lunch as she marks her papers have only gone and done it. Absolutely insane game and season. DESERVED.’

‘The first ever likeable winners of the show,’ another chimed in, as someone else agreed:  What a beautiful ending.’

Both Rachel and Stephen appeared on spin-off show Uncloaked immediately after the finale as they spoke about their win to host Ed Gamble and Claudia Winkleman.  

Rachel said: ‘I was so nervous for Stephen so watching it back, it made me cry.’

Stephen added: ‘I didn’t know what I was going to do, watching it back I can see in my face. I’m just so proud of the decision that I made, proud of myself and Rachel.’

Traitors Rachel and Stephen were left overwhelmed with emotion as host Claudia Winkleman announced they had won the game, with each contestant taking home a whopping £47,875

Earlier in the series, Stephen had expressed doubts over whether Rachel would keep her side of the pact they made never to write each other’s names on their slates at the roundtable.

Now, speaking after their win, the pair explained why they were determined to stick to the agreement, despite initial doubts.

Rachel said: ‘I knew from the minute it came out of my mouth I wouldn’t break the pact and I thought this is a new game for me I’m not breaking it.’

Stephen added: ‘It’s so hard to trust someone in there whose job it is to lie and so I was really struggling to see how Rachel could hold onto that pact for the whole game which is why to the end I was wobbling.’

The BBC has already commissioned a fifth series of the civilian series of The Traitors with applications now open, while a second series of the celebrity edition has also been ordered by bosses.

The Traitors is available to stream on BBC iPlayer now