The Traitor’s Guide to Treachery: Wilf, Amanda, and Alyssa’s words of wisdom for conquering the castle

In 2022, a brand new TV show called The Traitors became the thing everyone was watching. On paper, the whole thing is incredibly weird: Claudia Winkleman sweeps around a Scottish castle wearing excessive amounts of tweed and expensive knitwear, watching with glee as a group of paranoid strangers try not to get fake-murdered by the hidden traitors among them.

Unexpectedly, it became an overnight success; a group of elderly mates even trended on TikTok after playing an amateur version of the game at a bus stop. And tonight (Jan 3) the long-awaited second season finally airs on BBC One at 9pm.

A quick refresher, since it's been a while: The Traitors plonks a group of carefully selected contestants together in a castle. Everyone dons blindfolds around a big round table with the vague air of an Illuminati meeting; Claudia loudly clip-clops around to ramp up the drama before silently tapping a number of the group on the shoulder.

These chosen few become the Traitors. Their task? To secretly