The Traitors fans issue passionate plea to BBC bosses ahead of Celebrity edition

Fans of The Traitors really can't get enough of the show - as they have started petitioning for international versions to be aired in the UK. The hit reality series is set to return to screens next month with a new celebrity spin-off version.

But TV fans want even more versions of the show - and have taken to social media to demand access to the Irish version of the series via iPlayer. The Traitors first began in The Netherlands in 2021 where it aired under the name De Verraders.

The UK version began in 2022 - while editions of the show also exist in over 30 other countries. An Irish version of the show began last month, with Siobhán McSweeney as the host.

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And fans in the UK are desperate for an easy way to watch it from the comfort of their own homes. Taking to X this week, one fan wrote: "Hello BBC, please put The Traitors Ireland on iPlayer. Thank you."

The comment sparked a wave of agreement from fellow fans of the show, with one commenting: "Maybe tag the BBC? It would only be fair. The 1st UK series is on the RTE player! And it’s brilliant." Another concurred, praising the Irish version of the show, writing: "It's brilliant from the off."

While a fourth season of the UK version of The Traitors is expected to air in early 2026, the first UK celebrity version of the show is set to air next month. The BBC confirmed the move earlier this year - to the delight and excitement of fans.

Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, the BBC's unscripted director Syeda Irtizaali said: "It was a real pleasure to cast this series.

"We wanted to have a really broad range of people, but we also wanted people that were real fans of the show, that really understood it.

"I'm not going to say it was easy. Roz, who put the cast together, did an amazing job - but we were pushing on a bit of an open door with most of them."

Syeda did confess, however, that she was concerned celebrities could play up to the cameras and be clued up on tactics as three seasons of the traditional version of the show had already aired before filming began. However, she added that her concerns were misplaced.

She declared: "We have nothing to worry about. They really play the game and some of the things that you'll see them doing is extraordinary, that's all I'm going to say. It's well worth the wait."

Host Claudia Winkleman previously said of the upcoming series - which includes stars such as Paloma Faith and Stephen Fry: "We're incredibly lucky these brilliant people have said yes.

"I'd love to say we'll take it easy on them and they'll just wander round the castle and eat toast for a couple of weeks but that would be a lie."

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