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‘I always think my head will fall off when Traitors turn on each other’: the inside story of the world’s biggest TV show
Source: The Guardian · Published
Celia’s guffs, Richard’s gaffes, Claudia’s glorious knitwear – The Traitors has become the most successful show on the planet. The creators and the queen of the castle herself talk exploding pirate ships, becoming evil and Barry the owl It all began on a Dutch trading ship in 1628. No, really. When the Batavia set sail from Amsterdam, it crashed and the shipwrecked survivors were left stranded on…
Key points
- Celia’s guffs, Richard’s gaffes, Claudia’s glorious knitwear – The Traitors has become the most successful show on the planet.
- The creators and the queen of the castle herself talk exploding pirate ships, becoming evil and Barry the owl It all began on a Dutch trading ship in 1628.
- When the Batavia set sail from Amsterdam, it crashed and the shipwrecked survivors were left stranded on…
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