Celebrity Traitors: Claudia Winkleman recruits three traitors in first episode

The three traitors were instructed that they must kill in plain sight before the end of the night

Claudia Winkleman at the launch of the BBC’s The Celebrity Traitors at the Electric Cinema in London (Ian West/PA)

Claudia Winkleman has recruited three celebrities to be the traitors in the first episode of the BBC’s celebrity spin-off of hit reality series The Traitors.

The first episode of The Celebrity Traitors kicked off on Wednesday night with the host welcoming 19 stars to the Scottish Highlands.