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The launch episode of Celebrity Traitors, the all-star version of the BBC's reality gameshow The Traitors, attracted almost 9 million viewers in the UK, capturing more than half of the television audience at the time. The strong ratings make it one of the biggest entertainment launches of the year, underscoring the format's enormous popularity and fuelling buzz around the celebrity line-up and how the game will unfold.

A former Royal Marine from Dorset has completed a row across both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The feat was reported by the BBC and is being noted as a remarkable endurance achievement, given the physical and mental demands of rowing across two of the world's largest oceans.

BBC's Celebrity Traitors is drawing attention for its dramatic moments, including coffin-themed scenes and a nickname dubbed 'Claudiapatra' for one of its contestants, which viewers say stole the show. The opening episodes of the celebrity edition have generated buzz for their theatrical twists and the cast's memorable behaviour.

Joe Lycett has reacted after Richard E Grant revealed during Celebrity Traitors that he had been playing as a Traitor, a moment described as jaw-dropping. The reveal has become one of the most talked-about points of the celebrity edition of the BBC reality game show, with viewers and fellow contestants reacting to the actor's deception.

BBC News reports on a dog rescued from a house where it lived alongside 83 other dogs, and which is now starting a new life. The animal was removed from the property as part of what appears to be a large-scale rescue operation. Readers are responding to the story of the dog's recovery and rehoming after being found in such overcrowded conditions.

BBC Radio 3's Breakfast programme has broadcast Edvard Grieg's 'Wedding Day at Troldhaugen', Op. 65 No. 6, in a recording by British pianist Sir Stephen Hough. The piece, one of Grieg's Lyric Pieces, was written at the composer's home at Troldhaugen near Bergen, Norway. Listeners following the station's playlist picked up on the performance as part of the morning's schedule.

The BBC's Celebrity Traitors returned on Thursday to its biggest audience yet, drawing close to nine million viewers. Richard E. Grant and Maya Jama are part of the lineup for the celebrity edition of the reality format. The strong launch makes it one of the broadcaster's most-watched recent shows and has driven wide reaction online.

The BBC's Celebrity Traitors continues to grip viewers, with discussion focusing on a contestant being called the show's 'biggest windup merchant' despite not being one of the actual Traitors. Fans are amused that the most mischievous, suspicion-sowing player in the castle is a Faithful, and the label has become a talking point around the series.

The Celebrity Traitors has returned to BBC One with a strong start. Overnight figures for the season 2 premiere on BBC One have been revealed, and they are reported to be big, suggesting the celebrity edition of the reality gameshow has drawn a substantial audience for its opening episode. Full official numbers are being reported by entertainment outlets.