BBC The Traitors cast member shares filming secret ahead of finale
The finale of The Traitors airs tonight (January 24), and while Storm Éowyn rages outside, many of us are eagerly waiting for the show to begin. But as we wait for the epic showdown, one contestant has shared a behind-the-scenes secret on TikTok.
Elen, a Welsh contestant (not Charlotte with the fake accent), took to the video-sharing platform to address a common question: why don’t the players eat during breakfast scenes? As it turns out, there’s a good reason for it.
She reveals: "People always ask why do we barely touch the food at breakfast. Because sometimes breakfast isn't actually filmed during breakfast time.
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"It is sometimes filmed at 1pm. So we're probably just not that hungry."
Elen revealed that season three of The Traitors UK was filmed in May 2024. However, she explained that the filming schedule is influenced by both the "availability of the castle" and the "weather in Inverness," located in Scotland.
The Welsh translator, who became the second person to be banished between the murders, also shared in the same video that she originally wanted to be a Traitor. But her mind changed once she arrived to meet Claudia.
She recalled: "I initially wanted to be a Traitor however once I arrived at the castle and I realised how stressed I was, and I really couldn't cope with the atmosphere, I was so relieved I was actually a Faithful.
"Because no way in hell would I have been able to maintain being a Traitor in that castle." For those keen to know, the show is filmed in Ardross Castle.
As for the roundtable, the Welsh star reveals that these vary. "Sometimes they can take up to an hour to film. And if there is a lot of pointless conversations in between then it will just get cut out.
"But I would say up to an hour. But remember I only did two."
The stunning 19th Century building is about 30 miles north of Inverness. Owned by the McTaggart family since 1983, its previous owner was Charles William Dyson Perrins whose grandfather, William Perrins (in partnership with John Wheeley Lea) created the recipe for Worcestershire Sauce.
