Cloak and jabber
Comedian Ed Gamble is back to quiz the departed Traitors and Faithful every week in The Traitors: Uncloaked — but as we turn the tables, what’s he prepared to reveal about this series?
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- Huw Fullerton
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You’re the man behind The Traitors’ companion show — have you seen the new series yet?
I’ve seen some of it, but obviously I can’t reveal anything! And they are very sparing with what they show me. I only see what I have to so that I can interview the contestants. Which I’m grateful for — if I was given all of it in advance, I think I’d get far too giddy!
Describe what you’ve seen in three words…
Intriguing, murderous and twisty.
Anything more…
It’s exciting just seeing the new gang going into the castle. You watch people and think, “I wonder if you’re the one who’s going to capture everyone’s hearts — or be the villain?”
Does Claudia Winkleman give you any hints about what happens?
Claudia is impossible to get any hints from! I’ve been on her radio show, and she wouldn’t even talk about it off-air. She guards those secrets with her life. There is no point trying to get spoilers out of Claudia.
Why do you think The Traitors has captured the nation’s attention?
Although it’s not a British format, it feels very British — at its heart, it’s a parlour game. It feels like something you could play at a party with friends. It’s a high-stakes feeling and a low-stakes game. No one’s actually getting killed, but once someone is “murdered” in the castle, it feels like they have gone. And it’s so tense! The way they put the show together — from Claudia, to the editors, to the music — it’s a masterful piece of work.
Hopefully, I’ll get to do the live Uncloaked finale again. It’s rare to feel like the whole nation is watching these days. It’s proper event television.
There’s a celebrity Traitors coming up — are there any fellow comedians you’d like to see on it?
First off, I don’t know anything about the celebrity version. But there are lots of comedians I would absolutely love to see do it — Nish Kumar, Josh Widdicombe, Rosie Jones — although I don’t think they’d be any good at it! Judi Love, too — she’s such an open book, but I think she could also be good at deceiving people.
I would be terrible. I would be arrogant going in, and then absolutely crumble whether I was a Traitor or a Faithful. I’d probably come out the back end of it with no career because I’d be so bad at the game!
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The Traitors: Uncloaked airs on BBC2 directly after episodes of The Traitors. An audio version is also available on BBC Sounds.
Authors
Huw FullertonCommissioning editor
Huw Fullerton is a commissioning editor for Radio Times magazine handling comedy, entertainment and specialist drama. In a previous regeneration, he covered all things sci-fi and fantasy for RadioTimes.com.
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