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The Celebrity Traitors attracted more than six million viewers for its launch episode, the BBC has said.
The reality gameshow achieved a peak viewership of 6.5 million on Wednesday, averaging 6.1 million across the episode, which saw host Claudia Winkleman appoint broadcaster Jonathan Ross, comedian Alan Carr and singer Cat Burns as the traitors.
At its peak, the show achieved a 52.7% viewer share, which averaged at 46.4% across the episode.
In the episode, 19 celebrities were welcomed to the Scottish Highlands by Winkleman, where they were tasked with digging a grave to find a shield which would protect them from the first murder, before they were later challenged to pull a wooden Trojan horse through a number of gates.
At the end of the grave challenge, Ross, former England rugby player and podcaster Joe Marler, comedian Joe Wilkinson, broadcaster Kate Garraway, Welsh singer Charlotte Church and actress Celia Imrie, all found shields.
During the show’s conclusion, the three traitors were instructed that they must kill in plain sight before the end of the night by finding a “poison black lily” in the castle, rubbing their hands on its pollen and touching the face of the person they want to murder.
The show ended with Carr rubbing his hands on the “poison lily”, as the anticipation of whether or not he would successfully complete the task at hand and kill the first faithful built up.
The spin-off series will see the celebrities compete for the chance to win a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.
The show sees contestants try to detect the traitors in the group while completing a series of challenges to win funds to contribute towards the prize pot.
If at the end of the series a traitor is left among the finalists, the faithfuls, those who are not traitors, lose out on the money and the traitor wins the full prize.
The Celebrity Traitors will air two nights a week, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 9pm.
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