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Sky-high ratings – for a lacklustre series: The Celebrity Traitors has become too nice for its own good
Source: The Guardian · Published
Too many recruitments, frustrating confessions and an underwhelming murder in plain sight … this series has failed to take off This article contains spoilers for the episode of The Celebrity Traitors on 29 October. Do not read on if you have not seen it. What happens when a game that revolves around secrets and lies gets derailed by the truth? That’s what played out last night in the penultimate…
Key points
- Too many recruitments, frustrating confessions and an underwhelming murder in plain sight …
- this series has failed to take off This article contains spoilers for the episode of The Celebrity Traitors on 29 October.
- Do not read on if you have not seen it.
- What happens when a game that revolves around secrets and lies gets derailed by the truth?
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