The Traitors is back – and you'll be staying faithful

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AND… happy [Traitors](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0SxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvdGhlLXRyYWl0b3JzP2xpZD1vZHo3a3JlanhuMG8mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) week. The addictive BBC show is back, thank goodness, just in time to stave off the January blues (as well as giving us all a reason not to go out). In [my review](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L3Jldmlld3MvdGhlLXRyYWl0b3JzLXNlYXNvbi10d28tcmV2aWV3LWJiYy13aW5rbGVtYW4tYjI0NzI1NjcuaHRtbD9saWQ9bW15b3lmbDNjZHg4JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwNS0wMS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmWVlQmZZYvxfw1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~), I backed silent assassin Diane, and judging by Twitter I’m not the only one. (“I know she ran an overnight school trip to Disneyland Paris like the Navy,” said one funny tweet.) No spoilers here, but the first batch of episodes [have been brilliant](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L3Jldmlld3MvdGhlLXRyYWl0b3JzLXNlYXNvbi10d28tcmV2aWV3LWJiYy13aW5rbGVtYW4tYjI0NzI1NjcuaHRtbD9saWQ9YXJqZGJrcjM3bXBjJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwNS0wMS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmWVlQmZZYvxfw1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) (with a jaw-dropping moment in episode three). ~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0SxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvdGhlLXRyYWl0b3JzP2xpZD1nODBycnA3M2M2MmImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj 'The Traitors' is back on BBC for a second series (BBC/Studio Lambert) It’s around this time of year that I get very over excited that a whole new 12 months of culture is coming our way. I’m always extremely optimistic about all the films I’m going to see, all the books I’ll read, all the great theatre I’ll watch – before January lethargy sets in and I have to remind myself to calm down. But I’m really looking forward to seeing The Zone of Interest and American Fiction this month, both Oscar frontrunners, as well as watching Society of the Snow on Netflix this weekend (if I’m brave enough – Annabel wrote about [the gruesome true story that inspired it here](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP4QBAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9maWxtcy9mZWF0dXJlcy9zb2NpZXR5LW9mLXRoZS1zbm93LXRydWUtc3RvcnktbmV0ZmxpeC1jYW5uaWJhbGlzbS1iMjQ3MjcxOC5odG1sP2xpZD0yZjU3MThkZXBibWcmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj)). Check out Adam and Jacob’s great list of 2024 films [for what else is coming up](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzLzIwMjQtYmVzdC11cGNvbWluZy1tb3ZpZXMtcmVsZWFzZXMtZHVuZS1qb2tlci1iMjQ3MTQ3NC5odG1sP2xpZD1iaHJxNW8xZnlmdDImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) (a new Paddington film!). In the theatre world, I have become slightly obsessed with the forthcoming Starter for Ten musical, opening at Bristol Old Vic in the spring. My guide to a [star-studded year of stage shows is here](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP4QKAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC90aGVhdHJlLWRhbmNlL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2Jlc3QtdGhlYXRyZS0yMDI0LWd1aWRlLXdlc3QtZW5kLXBsYXlzLWxvbmRvbi1zaG93cy1iMjQ1NjI1My5odG1sP2xpZD1waDZjMTE3anZtMGMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Reading-wise, there’s a delicious set of books coming our way: look here for my guide to this year’s best new [fiction](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzLzIwMjQtYmVzdC1ib29rcy1maWN0aW9uLWIyNDY2NjI3Lmh0bWw_bGlkPXl1bDJtemt5ano2eCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDUtMDEtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpllZUJmWWL8X8NUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) and [non-fiction](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2Jlc3Qtbm9uLWZpY3Rpb24tYm9va3MtMjAyNC1iMjQ2NzIzNS5odG1sP2xpZD15Y21wMGs1Y3dpbzImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). And Ellie and Katie have the TV shows that will [get us all talking in 2024](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2Jlc3QtdHYtc2hvd3MtbmV3LXllYXItbmV0ZmxpeC1iMjQ3MTU1Mi5odG1sP2xpZD1oNDIzdW9vdnhma3ImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) (one of which, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, has [already done that](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL21yLWJhdGVzLXZzLXRoZS1wb3N0LW9mZmljZS1pdHYtYjI0NjU5OTIuaHRtbD9saWQ9YjRncTFkZmR2aDJyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwNS0wMS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmWVlQmZZYvxfw1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~)). What are you looking forward to? I’d love to hear what cultural offerings you’ve set your eye on. Have a great weekend, Jessie [@jessiecath](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0SiaHR0cDovL3d3dy50d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9qZXNzaWVjYXRoP2xpZD1pb3pjaXhoZDZlemkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) What to do this weekend Film | [One Life](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0S1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydD9saWQ9YW9kMjF4bnFkcmlzJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwNS0wMS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmWVlQmZZYvxfw1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) A great actor shouldn’t only be judged on what they can do with a masterful script, but also on how they can take a lesser work and still let it soar. Anthony Hopkins has achieved this with grace in One Life, a somewhat thin, reductively sentimental retelling of the life of British humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton, which its star has empowered with [raw, much-needed complexity](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3Mvb25lLWxpZmUtcmV2aWV3LW5pY2hvbGFzLXdpbnRvbi1iMjQ3MjYyOS5odG1sP2xpZD0xejcxbWZqenV5dHYmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Clarisse Loughrey | Film critic   Theatre | [The Unfriend](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPTd5cWh6N2FoZzNidCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDUtMDEtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpllZUJmWWL8X8NUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) How does the world's busiest man, Mark Gatiss, do it? Before Christmas, we [spoke to him about his return](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0ScaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvZmVhdHVyZXMvbWFyay1nYXRpc3MtaW50ZXJ2aWV3LWpvaG4tZ2llbGd1ZC1tb3RpdmUtYW5kLXRoZS1jdWUtYjI0NjQ5MzQuaHRtbD9saWQ9eGk0bXlkdXR1eGhtVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) to the role of John Gielgud for the West End transfer of The Motive and the Cue. But at the same time, he's also been directing the latest West End run of Steven Moffat's stage comedy, The Unfriend, which will now star Lee Mack in the West End. It opens this week, and promises to start your January with some big laughs. Jessie Thompson | Arts editor   TV | [Truelove](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0S0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2P2xpZD1qbXQ1ZG5uMjIxMjgmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) With its excellent cast and unusual, if scattershot, tone, Truelove [has a lot more to say](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L3Jldmlld3MvdHJ1ZWxvdmUtcmV2aWV3LWNoYW5uZWwtNC1iMjQ3MDg3MC5odG1sP2xpZD10MmNvc2lndDV0ZjImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA1LTAxLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZZWVCZlli_F_DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) than most of the limited-series dramas we were served over Christmas. On the subject of ageing, it is unsentimental in a way that few shows are. “Everybody knows it goes,” Phil (Lindsay Duncan) tells her husband (Phil Davis), counting off the stages of geriatric life. “Bungalow, hospice, crematorium.” When she visits the dreaded bungalow of an old friend, he warns her against downsizing. “You start moving into smaller and smaller boxes,” he says. “Soon they’ll be measuring you up for your wooden overcoat.” Whether it is surreptitious fags in the garden, half-cut flirtations, or embarking on a spree of mercy killings, Truelove is about raging, not going gently, into that good night. Nick Hilton | TV critic   TV | [The Traitors](~/AAAHagA~/RgRne46VP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPTEzZWprcGtiN2ZucyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDUtMDEtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpllZUJmWWL8X8NUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Let's be honest: the one thing you're going to do this weekend, if you haven't already, is watch The Traitors. The BBC are releasing episodes in batches of three all months, and it's best to devour them as soon as they arrive lest you stumble on spoilers (and also because once you start, it really is impossible to stop). 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