Story byThe Traitors final: How would footballers or managers fare on the hit show?Katie WhyattFri, January 23, 2026 at 5:31 AM UTC·9 min readEditor’s note: This article contains spoilers for each series of the UK and U. S. editions of The TraitorsThe winner of the fourth series of Traitors UK will not be the psychologist, either of the two barristers — one turned bestselling crime author — or the retired police detective. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe wild irony of The Traitors, the final of which will be aired on the BBC this evening, is that a social deduction game based around reading people, gathering evidence, and presenting a case never seems to favour people who have spent a career building those skills. The aforementioned detective got the whole thing so spectacularly wrong that the only player she pledged her trust to was a traitor. How can you look away? Almost 12 million people watched the series four premiere in the UK this month, and the U. S.