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BBC Gameshow From 2004 Titled ‘Traitor’ That Bears Striking Resemblance To Smash Hit ‘The Traitors’ Emerges Online
A 20-year-old BBC gameshow that bears striking resemblance to smash hit The Traitors has emerged online. Yesterday, the Back the BBC Twitter account posted a YouTube video of a BBC series from 2004…
The BBC, along with IDTV, the Dutch producer of recent smash hit The Traitors, are understood to have been taken by surprise by the emergence of this 20-year-old gameshow. One of the former contestants, Pete Liggins, commented on X that the show was being considered as a replacement for The Weakest Link in the late afternoon slot but “I guess cost too much/was too complicated a production in comparison,” he said. It has been a huge hit in multiple territories and the latest UK version attracted millions of viewers per ep, concluding with a dramatic finale.
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