The Traitors (British TV series) series 3

25 contestants took the train to the castle for the ultimate murder mystery. Before they arrived, the train was stopped and they were informed that three people had to leave the train (one from each carriage) in 10 minutes with money lost every minute they didn’t do so.

Eventually, Jack, Alexander, and Fozia exited the carriages hoping that, like Amos and Kieran in series 1, they might get a chance to renter the game later. Starting at £10,000 the players ended up with £7000 at the start of the game.

The train continued to the castle with the remaining contestants. Unlike previous seasons, contestants Armani and Maia revealed to everyone that they were sisters rather than keeping the information secret.

In confessionals, Leanne revealed that she was a soldier but was pretending to be a nail technician to avoid being seen as a threat. Lisa was actually an ordained Anglican priest. Charlotte revealed that she was not Welsh and was actually from London faking an accent. She was caught off guard by fellow contestant Elen being a Welsh translator who was excited to meet someone also from Wales.

At the traitors selection, Claudia chose Armani, Minah, and Linda making the first single gender original traitor team in the UK series. Claudia also announced that in the final players would no longer reveal their identities.

Jake was immediately suspicious of Linda due to her tuning her head when Claudia addressed the traitors during her speech after the selection.

The traitors met up to decide who to murder eventually choosing Yin because her career as a doctor of communication made them perceive her as a potential threat.

At breakfast, Kas came under suspicion for toasting Yin's memory, and Armani was suspected for her perceived melodramatic behaviour.

At the roundtable, suspicion falls between Linda and Nathan. Ultimately, despite Jake's suspicions, Nathan is banished and revealed to be a faithful.

The traitors choose to murder Keith, believing he is too trusted and liked by the faithfuls. Kas is still suspected by contestants such as Joe, whilst Tyler's suspicions of Armani continue to grow.

In the challenge, the contestants had to unlock crates that either had money or gunpowder inside, however incorrect answers would destroy the crate. If they gathered 500kg of gunpowder then they would be able to prevent that night's murder. The contestants successfully prevented the murder and gained £6000 for the prize pot.

Elen and Charlotte come under suspicion for their perceived unhelpfulness during the challenge. Armani was also suspected of attempting to sabotage the challenge to prevent them from collecting gunpowder. Minah grows frustrated with Armani's over-confidence that is heightening the faithfuls suspicions of her. At the roundtable, many different people are accused, but Elen is banished.

The traitors meet in the turret, but are unable to murder. Armani chastises Minah and Linda for not doing anything, prompting Minah to not tell her about the faithful's suspicions.

At breakfast, the faithful's feel confident knowing that none of them were murdered. The friend group of Tyler, Jake, Joe, Leanne, Leon, and Livi come together under Tyler's suspicions of Armani.

In the challenge, the contestants row a viking longboat together to different floating pontoons along the water, which are marked with either fuel or gold. Two players must remain on the pontoon to gain the prize. At the end of the loch, those who use the fuel to light the ring of fire and stand within it are safe from banishment. This causes a lot of tension among the players, as many refuse to exit the boat out of fear for their safety leading to less money. Dan and Jake get into an argument surrounding Dan's self-interested play style, which Dan openly admits to.

Tyler, Jake, Joe, Leanne, Leon and Livi begin suspecting Freddie of being a traitor, as well as continuing to accuse Kas. At the roundtable, Joe accuses Kas of being a traitor due to his job, leading to comparisons surrounding prolific serial killers Kas could be like. Jake continues to accuse Linda, but is largely dismissed. Maia is reduced to tears as Tyler accuses Armani, and she realises that her sister was likely a traitor. With Maia's testimony, Armani is banished with Minah voting for her, but Linda voting for Jake.

The traitors meet in the turret to decide who to murder next.

The traitors murder Maia, believing that she is confirmed faithful due to Armani's banishment. Kas feels isolated by the other contestants, as their suspicions of him have caused them to refuse to talk around him. Tyler, Leanne, and Livi begin to suspect Freddie more than Kas.

The challenge reveals that there will be a chance for two of Alexander, Fozia, and Jack to re-enter the game, with each player giving a speech as to why the contestants should choose them. The three eliminated players were in suspended cages, and the players must find coins in the woods and deposit them in the box corresponding to the player of their choosing, with each coin lowering them closer to the ground. Each returning player would also be receiving a shield they could gift to a player, and would not be allowed to vote in the roundtable. Ultimately, Alexander and Fozia were saved meaning Jack was permanently eliminated from the show.

Due to Claudia's statement that the returning players could be traitors, suspicions immediately fell on them. At the roundtable, Kas continued to be accused by the group, but was defended by Fozia. Freddie was also brought under suspicion by Tyler, leading to an emotional outburst by him that causes suspicions to waver. Tyler changes his mind and re-accuses Kas, causing confusion among the faithful. Finally, Anna was accused due to her struggle to tie a knot during the challenge, leading to fears she was sabotaging them. Ultimately, Kas was banished and revealed to be a faithful.

In the turret, Linda and Minah decide to recruit a third traitor.

The traitors attempt to recruit Anna, but she chooses to reject the offer and remain faithful. With no murder, the faithful's wonder if the traitors attempted to kill the shield protected Minah and Leanne. Anna decides to keep her failed recruitment secret, only confiding in Charlotte. Minah and Freddie begin detailing suspicions of Tyler. Freddie disparagingly refers to the group of Tyler, Jake, Joe, Leanne, Leon, and Livi at "The Clique" causing them to become paranoid about each other. Leanne wonders if Tyler attempted to kill her to divert suspicion from himself, whilst Tyler proposes that Leon was recruited.

In the mission, the contestants paired up and were given a balloon that represented £1000 to transport through a funhouse without popping it. Selecting an incorrect door would release a funhouse clown who would pop the balloon. The first players to reach the end received shields.

At the roundtable, Fozia accuses both Linda and Lisa. Lisa came under suspicion due to her constant referrals to God, causing her to reveal her occupation as an ordained priest. Leanne and Leon each accuse Tyler of manipulating them, and he is banished with everyone in their group apart from Livi voting for him. Livi is distraught, especially after Tyler is revealed as a faithful, blaming Freddie for his banishment.

Minah and Linda meet in the turret to decide who to murder next.

The traitors choose to murder Livi. Linda pretends to cry upon the reveal to try and draw sympathy, but it only causes further suspicion of her, particularly from Jake. Leanne begins to suspect Alexander of being a traitor.

In the mission, all players were given a shield and blindfolded. Each player then chose one person they believed did not deserve a shield, and slime them, if the contestant correctly chose the culprit both lost their shields, but if they were incorrect the culprit remained anonymous and only they lost their shield.

Dan chose his close ally Minah in order to keep his shield, but eventually admitted it after pressure, leading to Minah and Francesca to campaign for his banishment. At the rountable, Dan and Linda had the most suspicion. Minah defended Linda, leading to Dan's banishment.

Linda and Minah then had to perform a murder in plain sight, by writing a shortlist of names on a painting in the library, who would then compete in a game for safety. Despite being able to choose themselves, the pair did not and instead sent Alexander, Fozia, Leon, and Anna into the death game.

The four accused were each given cards, one of which had a shield on it, each round the person holding the card with the shield was able to leave alive. Anna saved herself first, followed by Alexander, leaving Leon and Fozia as the two possible murders.

At breakfast, none of Alexander, Fozia, Leon, and Anna arrive, and Claudia reveals that one was murdered and they must find them in coffins around the grounds.

The group receive a clue to the first coffin, and successfully find Anna in the graveyard. There, they receive a second clue which leads them to a floating coffin in the loch containing Alexander. Alexander is immediately placed under his suspicion due to his calm reaction to being discovered in contrast to Anna's more panicked demeanour. In the final coffin they find Leon, revealing that Fozia has been murdered. In a flashback, Minah and Linda reveal themselves to Fozia and murder her face-to-face.

Anna and Alexander both become suspicious of Minah due to her constantly evading murder despite the lack of suspicion on her. Jake continues to accuse Linda who, knowing she will likely be banished soon, tells Minah to accuse her to save her own game. At the roundtable, despite some suspicion on Leanne and Alexander, Linda is ultimately banished with Minah voting for her.

As she is the only traitor remaining, Minah is forced to recruit someone, she chooses Charlotte.

Charlotte accepts the recruitment and meets Minah face-to-face, however, Charlotte plans to betray Minah soon due to the suspicions surrounding her. The pair choose to murder Anna. Leanne and Alexander's rivalry grows, as they suspect the other of being a traitor.

The players were divided into two teams, one in the woods and one in the castle. The team in the woods had to find the singing dolls and relay the tune to the team in the castle, who had to identify the correct nursery rhyme.

At the roundtable, Joe becomes convinced that Alex is a traitor, and attempts to convince the faithful's to banish him. Minah continues to come under suspicion, as Lisa correctly accuses both her and Charlotte, as do Leon and Alexander as the two surviving people on the shortlist. Joe is successful, as Alex is banished.

In the turret, Charlotte suggests murdering someone on the woods team and risk hitting a shield.

Charlotte and Minah choose to murder Lisa. Freddie grows suspicious of Minah, whilst Charlotte still intends to turn on Minah soon.

The players had to carry parts of a statue up a hill and construct it on the plinths, each of which were labelled for a player. The shield statue would gift the player whose plinth safety. Freddie is given a shield, and they successfully win all £10000.

At the roundtable, Leon comes under suspicion for choosing Freddie for the shield over his close friends Leanne and Joe. Francesca is also accused of being a traitor. Leon is banished, and the revelation that he is a faithful causes Leanne to become further convinced that Alexander is a traitor and Freddie to become convinced that Minah is one.

The remaining contestants meet up for a dinner, where they share their personal stories. Minah and Charlotte meet in the turret to decide who to murder.

The traitors choose to murder Joe. Charlotte begins to plant seeds about her suspicions of Minah, whilst Freddie and Francesca continue to accuse her.

The contestants must answer questions the way they believe the traitors would, by moving corresponding chess pieces to the player the description is most like. For every answer that matched the traitors, they would win £2000.

Francesca and Alexander noticed Minah being too forceful for the correct answers, implying she was a traitor who knew them beforehand. At the roundtable, Freddie openly confronts Minah, who accuses him in retaliation. Leanne also continues to accuse Alexander. Charlotte turns on Minah, accusing her alongside Francesca. Minah is banished.

In the turret, Charlotte plans to recruit either Freddie or Alexander and convince them to kill Leanne. This is because Leanne has a shield with only them two not knowing about it, so she can ensure that both of them are banished in the following two roundtables, leading to her making the final. She chooses to recruit Freddie, who feels forced to accept. Then, she convinces him to murder Leanne.

Freddie is stunned when Leanne arrives at breakfast alive. Leanne reveals her shield and that everyone apart from Alexander and Freddie knew about it, leading to him realising Charlotte has set him up. Panicking, he claims that he knew about the shield, but refuses to disclose who told him. Whilst most disbelieve him, Leanne remains convinced that Alexander is the traitor.

In the mission, the players are informed that they have the chance to win a seer power to confirm one player's role going into the finale. Whoever banks the most money in their pot gains this ability. They successfully win £9100, whilst Francesca becomes the seer after Alexander deposits his money in her pot.

Alexander convinces Leanne to not target him, and instead focus on Freddie. He also becomes suspicious of Charlotte due to her interactions with Freddie, but does not reveal them in case they switch the target back to him. At the roundtable, Freddie claims that Minah told him about Leanne's shield, despite the fact that she was banished. Caught in the lie, a distraught Freddie accuses Charlotte of telling him, and votes for her. Ultimately, he is banished unanimously and revealed to be a traitor. However, Freddie's breakdown at the table and subsequent accusations towards Charlotte cause Jake and Leanne to become suspicious of her.

Francesca chooses Charlotte, as her closest ally, to have her role revealed. The episode ends on a cliffhanger of the pair sitting down to the reveal together.

Francesca and Charlotte open the envelope to reveal that Charlotte is a traitor. Francesca is horrified, whilst Charlotte mocks her.

At breakfast, Francesca tries to subtly tell everyone that Charlotte is a traitor. Charlotte claims that Francesca saw her as a faithful and is lying. Francesca hopes that her connection with Leanne can save her, whilst Leanne and Jake agree that keeping both in the game would be a mistake. Meanwhile, Alexander believes Francesca.

In the mission, the contestants have to hang from a helicopter and, following directions from the players on the ground, drop bags of money into a burning ring of fire. They successfully banked £21000.

At the roundtable, the group choose to banish Charlotte first. They then move outside to the firepit where all four choose to banish again. Whilst Alexander votes for Leanne, Francesca betrays him in the hopes that Leanne will choose her over Jake and Alexander is banished. All three then choose to banish again, with Leanne and Jake banishing Francesca. As only two people remain, the game automatically ends. Jake and Leanne both reveal themselves as faithful's, and celebrate with Claudia.