Talbot Green Resident Amongst Line Up for BBC’s The Traitors

A Welsh insurance broker from Talbot Green who survived a near-death experience is among the contestants taking part in the new series of The Traitors which returns to BBC One Wednesday night with host Claudia Winkleman greeting 22 strangers at a castle in the Scottish Highlands, where they will hope to win £120,000.

Among them is Andrew, 45, an insurance broker from Talbot Green in Wales, who said he wants to “step out of his comfort zone” by taking part in the show after he survived an accident where he had been pronounced dead. “I’ve been a Steady Eddy all my life, I suppose, never taking any risks or challenges. You only have one life, and I know that more than anyone because I suffered a serious accident many years ago. Your life is short, and it can get taken away at any moment,” he said.

I met the man who saved my life last year. I met him and I shook his hand and said ‘Thank you for saving my life’. There are not many people out there who get a chance to see somebody who saved their life and say thank you. It was a very emotional thing.”

The Traitors will return on January 3 from 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and episodes 2 and 3 will be available on iPlayer immediately afterwards.

The show will air on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights.