David Farnor | On 24, Sep 2025

The Celebrity Traitors will officially begin on 8th October on BBC One.

The hit reality competition’s star-studded edition will see host Claudia Winkleman joined in the Scottish Highlands by Alan Carr, Cat Burns, Celia Imrie, Charlotte Church, Clare Balding, David Olusoga, Joe Marler, Joe Wilkinson, Jonathan Ross, Kate Garraway, Lucy Beaumont, Mark Bonnar, Nick Mohammed, Niko Omilana, Paloma Faith, Ruth Codd, Stephen Fry, Tameka Empson and Tom Daley.

The celebrities will play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning a cash prize up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.

The series will premiere at 9pm on 8th October, launching with an extra-long first episode, as fans will be treated to 70 minutes of treachery. The nine-part series will then continue to air two nights a week, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 9pm.

For fans who want more, the official visualised companion podcast is returning, Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked will be on BBC Two immediately after the main series and will also be available on BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer.

Host Ed Gamble will be joined by the celebrities and players from previous series to analyse and react to developments in the castle.

 

The Celebrity Traitors line-up confirmed

13th May 2025

The BBC has officially confirmed The Celebrity Traitors is on the way – and it’s got a star-studded line-up of contestants.

Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the psychological reality competition sees 22 strangers play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £120,000.

“The Mole meets Wink Murder in this compulsively entertaining reality TV contest,” we wrote in our review.

Rapidly renewed for a second and then a third chapter, a celebrity spin-off is now on the way. Claudia Winkleman will open the castle doors for 19 celebrities to compete over a nine-part series, hoping to win a cash prize up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.

Claudia Winkleman says: “We’re incredibly lucky these brilliant people have said yes. I’d love to say we’ll take it easy on them and they’ll just wander round the castle and eat toast for a couple of weeks but that would be a lie.”

Joining Claudia in the Scottish Highlands for The Celebrity Traitors are:

Alan Carr – Comedian
Cat Burns – Singer/Songwriter
Celia Imrie – Actor
Charlotte Church – Singer/Activist
Clare Balding – Broadcaster and Author
David Olusoga – Historian and Filmmaker
Joe Marler – Former England Rugby Player and Podcaster
Joe Wilkinson – Comedian
Jonathan Ross – Presenter
Kate Garraway – Broadcaster
Lucy Beaumont – Comedian
Mark Bonnar – Actor
Nick Mohammed – Actor and Comedian
Niko Omilana – Content Creator
Paloma Faith – Singer/Songwriter and Actor
Ruth Codd – Actor
Stephen Fry – Actor, Writer, Presenter
Tameka Empson – Actor and Comedian
Tom Daley – Olympian, Author, Broadcaster and Entrepreneur

Since the series debuted on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2022, the show has established a 100% faithful audience. A breakout hit at series one, the show has seen phenomenal growth and the series three averaged at 10.3 million viewers across all 12 episodes with the launch episode reaching 10.9 million, making it the biggest unscripted series in the market (since ITV’s I’m a Celebrity in 2022) and the biggest unscripted series for 16-34s (2.3M), and with half of its viewing coming from iPlayer.

The Celebrity Traitors will air on BBC One this autumn – watch this space for a confirmed release date when it comes.

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