The Traitors season 4 hits impressive new high in overnight ratings following Harriet Tyce's explosive scenes

**Warning: Contains spoilers for The Traitors season 4**

The Traitors continues to go from strength to strength, with its fourth outing on BBC One pulling in impressive viewing figures.

Last night's episode (14th January), saw Faithful Harriet sacrifice her place in the game as she asked the other players to call her bluff amidst her belief that Rachel was a Traitor, something the audience know to be the truth.

In a shocking twist in the confession room, in which Harriet and Matthew were given the opportunity to speak to the Traitors, Harriet revealed her real profession before declaring that she was sure Rachel was a Traitor, and nothing would stop her from coming for her.

The following morning, Harriet didn't hold back at breakfast or the roundtable.

And viewers were certainly engaged, with the episode pulling in a peak audience of 8.1 million viewers, according to overnight ratings for BBC One.

That is higher than the season 4 premiere's overnight viewership, which brought in an average of 6.4 million viewers.

At the roundtable, Harriet laid out her case against Rachel before putting her neck on the line and asking the group to call her bluff – a gamble that saw her banished from the castle.

"On the one hand, I’m gutted not to have got further. I haven't won therefore I've lost so it's hard not to see it that way, but on the other hand, I could not have asked for more action," Harriet said of leaving the game.

"I was given some opportunities there, I created other opportunities for myself and as I said, Faithfuls have very little control. In all of that I managed to find a way of fighting as myself and leaving on my own terms and I really don't think many other people who've been through the game can say that. If I were to swap with being there in the final but being duped, I'd take my short-lived game any day."

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The Traitors season 4 continues on Thursday 15th January at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Seasons 1-3 are available to watch on iPlayer now.

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