‘They cheer like it’s football’: Celebrity Traitors fans hit bars to watch climax

One south London bar provided Claudia Winkleman-themed cocktails and its very own banishment ceremony

Cries, cheers and boos emanating from pubs across the country on Friday night were less likely to be linked to any sports fixture than the nation coming together for the dramatic climax of the BBC’s The Celebrity Traitors.

The cloak and dagger reality show, in which contestants attempt to deceive or deduce who among them are “Faithfuls” and “Traitors” for a charity cash prize, drew in more than half of the UK’s TV audience in its debut episode earlier this month.

The popularity of the Claudia Winkleman-hosted programme was so great that fans left their living rooms and flocked to public venues to watch the second series of the show.