Should Christians feel guilty about watching The Traitors?

Lies, deception and backstabbing… But don’t worry, the hit BBC series is just a game. Or is it? 

In the dimly lit corner of a sumptuously decorated room, three people sit in a circle of chairs. The first has a question for the other two: he wants to know if they’ve been lying to him. There’s a brief silence, before both assure the speaker that they are not. After a short interlude, the second person repeats the same question to her companions. Again, the unified reply is that no one is lying. Finally, the third person asks exactly the same thing, and gets exactly the same answer. Everyone is clear that no one is lying…except at least one of them is doing exactly that – and they all know it.

This, in a simplistic nutshell, is a typical snapshot from the BBC’s smash-hit reality…