The Traitors US will be broadcast in full on BBC iPlayer, One and Three

The American Cast of Traitors with Alan Cumming

The Traitors US will be available on the BBC from Friday, the broadcast has announced ur.

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Following the success of the UK version last month, the US series - hosted by Alan Cumming - will be on BBC iPlayer as a box set.

It will also air on BBC One and BBC Three over the next five weeks.

At Unlike the British series, which has been streamed over 28 million times, it features celebrities as well as everyday Americans in the game.

The US show is paying $250,000 (£205,000) for the prize, which is higher than the UK's £101,050 prize money, despite the two taking place in the same castle in the Scottish Highlands.

Why viewers have they become so loyal to the traitors?Listen: How the traitors conquered television

The format of the show has "faithful" contestants trying to uproot the identities of the chosen "traitors", who "murder" one of their fellow gold competitors every night. If a secret traitor remains at the end of the game, he can win all the money, but if several "loyal" contestants win, they can share it.

American series celebrities include Brandi Glanville, who appeared on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills TV show, swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte and Cody Calafiore, Kate Chastain and Rachel Reilly from Big Brother.

The Traitors US will be broadcast in full on BBC iPlayer, One and Three
The American Cast of Traitors with Alan Cumming

The Traitors US will be available on the BBC from Friday, the broadcast has announced ur.

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Following the success of the UK version last month, the US series - hosted by Alan Cumming - will be on BBC iPlayer as a box set.

It will also air on BBC One and BBC Three over the next five weeks.

At Unlike the British series, which has been streamed over 28 million times, it features celebrities as well as everyday Americans in the game.

The US show is paying $250,000 (£205,000) for the prize, which is higher than the UK's £101,050 prize money, despite the two taking place in the same castle in the Scottish Highlands.

Why viewers have they become so loyal to the traitors?Listen: How the traitors conquered television

The format of the show has "faithful" contestants trying to uproot the identities of the chosen "traitors", who "murder" one of their fellow gold competitors every night. If a secret traitor remains at the end of the game, he can win all the money, but if several "loyal" contestants win, they can share it.

American series celebrities include Brandi Glanville, who appeared on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills TV show, swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte and Cody Calafiore, Kate Chastain and Rachel Reilly from Big Brother.

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