The Celebrity Traitors will not launch this month, after all.
Richard Osman caused a stir this week, stating during a live edition of his The Rest Is Entertainment podcast that the show would start on Wednesday 23 September. But schedules confirmed by the BBC actually reveal this to be incorrect.
Instead, the new series of Lee Mack’s sitcom Not Going Out will begin on 23 September. It’s a brand new, six part series, which means the BBC’s Wednesday night schdedules are not clear for The Celebrity Tratiors to start until the first week of November.
Whislt the alternative would be for The Celebrity Traitors to air on Thursdays and Fridays instead, it would be an unlikely move for the BBC to change the scheduling format that worked so well for them last year.
The first series of The Celebrity Traitors aired last October, with episodes being broadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays. And unlike the civilian series, episodes were broadcast at 9pm, not 8pm.
Alternative reports have speculated that the series will launch on 8 October, however that would mean it’s going to be shown on Thursdays.
Eitehr way, it’s definitely the case that Richard Osman is wrong and has sent everybody into a frenzy based on false information.
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