The Traitors comes to Stourbridge care home as pensioners hope to avoid being eliminated by fellow-residents
As the latest series of The Traitors plays out in the Scottish Highlands, residents of a care home in the West Midlands are also trying to survive the round table.
Almost 500 miles south of The Traitors famous Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands, is a West Midlands care home where they are also hoping to make it through the next roundtable. Staff at Parkfield Grange Care Home in Stourbridge came up with the idea to recreate the popular BBC show because so many residents are fans.
Residents are now hoping to avoid elimination - and win a cream tea - by competing in their own version of The Traitors. The elderly Faithfuls will also have to weed out Traitors hiding in plain sight while avoiding being eliminated by their fellow pensioners.
They will spend ten days tackling challenges and attending banishments. Throughout the game, there will be scavenger hunts using video calls where residents must solve puzzles and riddles.
The catering team has also created taste-based challenges and there will be observation games set around the home. When residents are eliminated through either banishment or murder, they will become guardians of the game and help the remaining Faithful catch the Traitors.
Emily Hocking, the home's admissions adviser, said: "The residents have regular forums with our wellbeing team and one of the topics was a murder mystery, and I had just finished catching up on an episode of Traitors so I sat down and wrote some ideas and the game has evolved.
"We have made some adaptations to ensure that there is constant resident inclusion, one of the key differences we have made is replacing murders with eliminations so anyone that is banished becomes the eyes and ears for the faithful so they can continue to play and not feel excluded in their own home."
The winning team who remains in active play will be given an afternoon tea for themselves and two guests in the home's private dining room.
Emily added: "There is a pre-conceived idea of what being in a care home is like and it's our responsibility to make sure that our residents are living and not existing. It's important that they stay involved in current events and culture."
The care home version of the show will coincide with the programme’s finale on January 23.