The Traitors is back! Series 2 of Channel 4 show begins filming and fans cannot wait

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Popular Channel 4 series, The Traitors, will soon be returning as filming gets underway at Scotland's Ardross Castle.The show proved a hit over the Christmas period last year when 22 strangers competed for a £100,000 prize in a game of subterfuge and drama in the Gothic castle.

Aerial photos of the castle show black cars arriving as this year's contestants make their way to the place they'll be staying for the next few weeks as the murder mystery game gets underway.

Ahead of the show's return and filming, production company Studio Lambert revealed that the show will be a rather "different game" this time around, with 40,000 people applying to take part.

Discussing the show earlier this year at Screen Summit, Toni Ireland, executive producer at Studio Lambert, said: “The difficult second album (is what) we’re calling it. “We’re really excited about doing series two, we can’t give too much away at the moment, obviously, but we’re really looking forward to it. “I’m excited because the game’s going to be different, people have watched the show now. “When this cast came to us, they had never seen the show, they were just playing with their gut instinct and just going: ‘This is how I’m going to play this game’. “Now, I imagine a (new) cast will have seen it, they’re going to come to us with pre-planned ideas of the way they think it’s going to go, and obviously it’s our job to make sure that they’re always kept on their toes and they don’t know what’s around every corner.” The first version of the series was won by Hannah Byczkowski, Aaron Evans and Meryl Williams, who split the £100,000 prize money between them, unmasking the remaining two Traitors Kieran and Wilfred in a dramatic finale.