The Traitors has since become a global hit, with three series of the British version presented by Winkleman (launched in 2022), an Australian edition presented by Rodger Corser (2023), and a celebrity Traitors US version hosted by Alan Cumming (2023).
James Prichard, chairman of the late author’s estate, believes popular BBC reality show was heavily inspired by Christie’s 1939 story ‘And Then There Were None’.
The show’s format also has parallels with the party game known as Werewolf or Mafia, a social deduction game wherein players are secretly assigned roles as werewolves or villagers.
Christie’s 1939 novel has parallels to the show, since it follows 10 strangers who are invited by a mysterious host to an isolated island with an unknown killer living among them.
However, the show is based on the Dutch reality show format, originally known as De Verraders in its native language.
