The Traitors’ Claudia Winkleman shares moment producer had to step in

Claudia Winkleman has shared more behind-the-scenes details about the filming of the first series of BBC’s The Traitors. The 51-year-old presenter has now revealed that during one particularly tense moment, producers had to step in.

The scene in question was when Traitors Wilfred Webster and Amanda Lovett betrayed their fellow saboteur Alyssa Chan, which subsequently saw her banished from the competition. "I'll never forget when Will and Amanda both evicted Alyssa – when they turned on a fellow traitor," Claudia said.

"I just heard in my ear, very quietly: 'Watch your breathing'. And I thought, this is something else. I don't know what is happening, but this is something." Earlier this year, it was announced that the smash hit show - which has recently been nominated for a BAFTA Television Award - would be returning for a second series. You can read more about that here.

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It was during this particular moment, Claudia said, that she realised that she was making something special. She explained: "We did not see any of this coming. We went to Inverness and made a little show where people couldn't trust anyone. We were like: 'Never mind – we had fun'. And then something sort of magic happened and Twitter took over."

Alyssa was the first Traitor to be eliminated from the competition (BBC)

Asked by The Independent to cherry-pick another key moment from the first series, Claudia added: "I think probably the first roundtable. So we were up there and the surroundings were beautiful, there was a peacock and I was wearing quite a lot of tweed – and then the first roundtable happened and they kicked out Nicky. Nicky was there for a real reason, an important reason, and I thought: 'Hold on a minute, just hold on a second – something's happening here.'"

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