The Traitors star Charlotte Berman has revealed how producers kept them on edge during the filming process, ensuring they stayed in a state of paranoia.
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Charlotte, 34, played as a Traitor in season three of the hit show, famously adopting a fake Welsh accent but avoiding detection until the final.
The Celebrity Traitors is currently airing, with James Acaster causing a stir when he compared the experience to 'living in East Germany under Soviet control', while an unnamed star said producers were 'like human traffickers'.
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Now Charlotte has explained the challenges of filming, saying: 'When you're living there and playing the game, for me anyway, it's all-consuming.
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The team that makes the show does such a good job of keeping it so immersive.
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You don't have your phone.
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You don't even know the time.
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You're there and in it until someone says it's time for bed, until the gongs ring.
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You have no choice but to either step up and play or you're going to get banished.'
The Traitors star Charlotte Berman
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has revealed how producers kept them on edge during the filming process, ensuring they stayed in a state of paranoia
Charlotte, who was speaking to the Daily Mail on behalf of Buzz Bingo,
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No one understands,' Charlotte explained.
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You think of the Scottish Highlands; everyone's in their cable knits, but there are rigs of lighting around every room.
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The fires are all lit for atmosphere.
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'I didn't know this, so I packed all my knitted jumpers.
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My advice to a future player is to lay off the layers.'
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Charlotte's comments on the show's conditions come as the Celebrity Traitors have been told to 'toughen up' after complaints about the production team have emerged during the second series of the show.
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Last week, James Acaster compared the experience to 'living in East Germany under Soviet control', while an unnamed star said producers were 'like human traffickers'.
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In a dig at production, he added: 'People who watch the show always say, "It's just a game."
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A factor of this was because they were allowed ten minutes on a producer's phone with a chaperone present.
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James said: 'A member of the production team is there with you, so you can't have an authentic conversation because you can't tell them anything that's happening.
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At one point my partner said, "Have you caught the sun?"
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I was saying, "Oh yeah, we were outside for one of the missions".
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I was told I couldn't even tell her that.
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But speaking on the latest episode of her Celebrity Traitors review show, The Rest Is Entertainment host Marina Hyde encouraged the contestants to 'push it down'.
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Weighing in on the talent's complaints about their treatment during the making of the show, she said: 'In the end, you're a grown up and you've got to get through it.'
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Debating James's remarks on their podcast, Marina and her co-host Richard Osman had differing opinions about how stars should be treated while filming.
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The hosts hinted at whispers on the 'comedy circuit' about how there is 'a lot of disquiet about how stressful people found it and what the toll on them was'.
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Richard said: 'In an interview with The Times, James Acaster, he addresses The Traitors thing and he says people who watch the show say it's only a game and that's good advice.
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So we know this is going to become part of the conversation around the game.
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The Celebrity Traitors have been told to 'toughen up' after James Acaster compared the experience to 'living in East Germany under Soviet control'
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He continued: 'It is a celebrity show, but it is made by a reality show production team, Studio Lambert are the best in the business.
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This is the distinction I'd make, when James says, it's just a game and the production team would do well to remember that, the thing is it's not just a game - it's a television show about a game.
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I am certain that they'd have overstepped that the talent wishes they hadn't because their job is incredibly difficult.
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You need to keep things as tight as you possibly can.
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You cannot have people conversing with each other off camera, because then you're spoiling it for the viewers.
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You can't make the show stop, you have to have everything to tell the story.
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You can't call your family, you've been told that when you sign up for the show.'
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Admitting he can see James' argument, Richard added: 'This is where I'm on the side of the talent, I do think absolutely you can't talk to each other.
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But I do think there's a world where you can loosen up some of those rules.
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When you talk to people, if it was me, as a producer it's my baby and I want it to be a big hit.'
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However, Marina insisted because of the pay packet the celebrities receive and the disadvantaged people they are helping with their winnings, they need to toughen up.
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