AIBu to think "Traitors" is horrible?

[KnopkaPixie]

I do not live in the UK, have no access to BBC media but my mum seems to be quite caught up in it. Apparently it's the grand final tonight.

I've watched the trailer on youtube but it just seems horrible. The information I've got from my mum is a bit garbled but wasn't there a woman vicar on it?

I don't want to sound like, "Outraged of Tumbridge Wells" but...

My mum was yakking on on about lying in a coffin, talking dolls, tarot cards...

I thought it was more like Taskmaster.

It all seems a bit rum to me. It's like, "Eyes Wide Shut" meets "Squid Game."

AIBU "It's just a bit of fun, stop clutching your pearls."
AINBU. "It’s horrible and I get mixed up between Davina McCall and Claudia Winkleman."

I watched the first series and enjoyed it but can't be bothered to watch anymore as it takes up too much time.

Why didn’t you start your post asking people to explain it to you rather than coming on and saying it was disgusting, inappropriate for a vicar to be on, horrible etc. Don’t judge something if you don’t know anything about it

It's a televised game of werewolf, not a seance or a pact with the devil 😆

Of course it's horrible that's part of the fun!
Chillax

Thankyou. So it's a real success? Is it Endomol? The Big Brother people? No, I don't work for the BBC or any other media.

I just got into a weird conversation with my mum and wondered what it was all about. It just sounded a bit strange the way she was describing it.

Maybe I should have checked that there weren't other threads about it on other boards but I just didn't really like the concept from what she was saying.

Yes. I'm being unreasonable. You've all told me what's going on.

Its a load of rubbish ! Cannot fathom how people enjoy this?

If you don't watch it and can't watch it how on earth are you commenting?

I've not watched it but it's clearly a phenomenon and Claudia's wardrobe is generally agreed to be fabulous. And your Mum is describing it very strangely because I know it's basically wink murder and not some kind of warped TV show.

Where did you get that it's a 'bit if a scare'? 😂

Blimey, your life must be incredibly dull to be starting a thread about something you've never watched and actually don't know much about.

Because people like different things 🤷🏼‍♀️

I think at the end of S1 one mumsnetter dubbed it survival of the thickest!

It might be just me, but is anyone getting vibes Frankie and Alexander might turn into a romance?

Yes. My life is incredibly dull.

You said you live in France.
There's been two series of the French version already. Its called Les Traîtres

It's not scary at all! Ok there were some "creepy dolls" this series but they sang nursery rhymes backwards and the contestants had to work out what they were singing. And three people were in "coffins" above ground for about ten minutes and the other contestants had to find them.

It's basically a murder mystery, where the audience know who the murderers are so the entertainment is in watching the rest of the contestants try to figure it out.

I actually find it very compelling viewing and it's rare to find a TV programme nowadays that hooks you with such a simple premise. I enjoy the gamesmanship and discussing with DH how we would play the game if we were in it. It is popular for a reason.

I don't have a television.

Oh dear it just goes to show that I've never watched it and I'm clueless to the format. Still it's giving you a laugh at my expense 😂
I'm reading Denise Welch's book at the moment, The Unwelcome Visitor and there's just an accent of a hint there.

I don't have a television

Is this whole thread a wind up?

Why do you give a shit about a program you don't watch (or any program) in a country you don't live in?

Isn't Frankie married?

Thankyou. I realise that I'm coming across as very stupid but I just wanted other people's perspectives on it. It just sounded horrible but it's only a TV show after all. I live in a different world in many ways.

It’s brilliant!!!!!!

Why didn't you ask then? Instead of being a wind up with provocative statements?

YABVU - Davina McCall is tolerable.

Claudia Winkleman is the most annoying female TV presenter to have ever existed.

This!

It's reality TV made for the middle classes, with a real mix of real people, full of tongue in cheek campy creepiness and lots of fun twists and turns. Claudia is brilliant.