A Cornwall vicar who appeared in the latest series of the hugely popular TV show The Traitors has spoken out of her experience. Reverend Lisa Coupland has been in Series 3 of the BBC One programme, where contestants known as "faithfuls" work to identify a group of imposters, or "traitors", within their ranks.

In the game, which operates similarly to a murder mystery and a game of Mafia, the so-called 'traitors' attempt to secretly "kill off" the others while remaining undetected and directing suspicion elsewhere.

Mrs Coupland, who did not reveal her role as an Anglican priest until episode five, said she saw herself as being "undercover" rather than lying when she took off her dog collar and kept quiet about her faith.

Speaking to BBC Cornwall the 62-year-old from Mawgan on the Lizard Peninsula, said it was "quite a strange experience" to remove her dog collar and keep her job secret.

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She told the radio station: "I like to think about it more as going undercover rather than actually lying - I mean, crime-solving TV priest Father Brown can do it, so why can't I?"

The Anglican priest was eliminated in episode nine. But before she departed the game she certainly garnered her very growing online following.

Mrs Coupland, a fan of murder mysteries and whodunits, added: "It was a game and I think we have to put that into context, really. Your brain is being pulled in so many different directions.

"You're looking at people for the slightest nuance and changes in their behaviour. Mentally, it's exhausting because all the time you're trying to work things out."

Rev Coupland said she used the evenings, at a private lodge, to catch up with church admin and "come down, relax, and hold everything up to God".

Episodes of The Traitors are now on BBC iPlayer along with The Traitors US.

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