The Traitors 'faked' scenes from 'nighttime murder hour' to second breakfast

With questions implicit who is simply a Faithful and who is simply a Traitor, The Traitors has secrecy astatine its bosom - and there’s tons to uncover erstwhile it comes to however the amusement is filmed too

As good arsenic deception implicit who is simply a Faithful and who is simply a Traitor, plentifulness of secrecy surrounds the filming of The Traitors.

Now into its 3rd series, the fashionable BBC One amusement has brought plentifulness of twists implicit the years including concealed mother-son duos, backstabbing sisters and brutal ‘murders’ successful plain sight. But portion the unpredictable turns of the amusement whitethorn person viewers astatine location 2nd guessing each second, the accumulation of The Traitors is besides filled with small known facts that you astir apt didn’t realise.

From where the contestants truly spell to sleep to what really happens astatine breakfast, here’s parts of the amusement wherever not everything is arsenic it seems connected our TV screens…

Double breakfasts

Every greeting contestants head to a buffet breakfast, though it’s uncommon to spot players tucking into plates piled precocious with caller effect and pastries. While this could beryllium down to the anxiousness of uncovering retired who was ‘murdered’ overnight, it could besides beryllium that they’ve already had their meal that day.

According to erstwhile contestant John McManus, players “get meal served successful our rooms successful the hotel, earlier the on-screen breakfast!,” The Sun reports.

And erstwhile it comes to unwinding aft a time filled of drama, John added however the fig of drinks contestants tin person is limited. “When we travel from the Round Table, we spell into the barroom and person a portion - we're allowed a maximum of 2 - and each that's real.

“There's security, your food's brought to your room, and the payment squad are brilliant, knocking connected your doorway regularly to cheque you're okay, but there's nary of this mixing oregon hanging about,” helium said.

Secret locations

Fans of The Traitors whitethorn cognize that the bulk of filming takes spot astatine Ardross Castle successful the Scottish Highlands, this isn’t wherever the contestants walk each of their time. While scenes whitethorn beryllium changeable from the grounds of the 19th-century castle, things are a small little glamorous erstwhile it comes to the show’s surviving arrangements.

According to Alan Cummings, who hosts the US mentation of the show, players don’t slumber successful the castle itself and are alternatively driven to a wholly antithetic location. “Spoiler alert: None of america stayed successful the castle,” helium told the Daily Beast. “None of us. [The contestants] each stayed successful the airdrome edifice successful the Inverness Airport. How glamorous - you travel to Scotland, and you enactment successful the Inverness airdrome hotel.”

‘Murders’ successful daylight

Although ‘murdering hour’ whitethorn look to instrumentality spot successful the mediate of the night, it turns retired things are a small little brutal than that. According to John from bid one, it takes spot successful wide daylight.

“Everybody goes to the castle astatine the aforesaid clip successful antithetic jeeps and past you're each enactment into abstracted holding rooms. It's similar a Big Brother diary country with the missive sat connected the seat successful beforehand of you, and it conscionable says, ‘The Traitors person murdered you’,” helium said.

Bedtime scenes

The Round Table mightiness beryllium a root of immense hostility for players and viewers alike, but the filler scenes of the contestants are acold much light-hearted. In this bid alone, fans of the amusement person gone chaotic implicit 1 country of Freddie showering portion others loved a clip of Charlotte speechmaking a publication connected however to talk Welsh aft she decided to play the amusement with an accent.

Although it’s wide that this footage isn’t unrecorded footage from their rooms, it’s unclear erstwhile it's been filmed. Season 1 finalist Wilf Webster claimed that helium ne'er filmed immoderate of these scenes and questioned whether it was thing those who permission the amusement earlier instrumentality portion in.

“I didn't bash one. I don't cognize erstwhile they bash them, possibly erstwhile they've been murdered oregon banished? I don't know. But I didn't really movie a cut-shot. I don't retrieve being asked to oregon being pulled retired to bash it,” helium told Mirror video writer Sam Teesdale.

“I'm not definite if erstwhile you get banished, they inquire you to bash a video for whatever. But I don't really retrieve filming one.”