Produced by Studio Lambert Scotland, The Celebrity Traitors will feature twenty-one renowned personalities heading to The Traitors castle. They are set to engage in the ultimate game of deception and betrayal, vying for a cash prize of up to £100,000 to be donated to a charity of their choice.
Host Claudia Winkleman will welcome an exciting and diverse group of individuals. The line-up includes BAFTA and BRIT award winners, social media stars, and some of the UK’s most beloved actors, comedians, presenters, and more. Celebrities will face the challenge of discerning whom to trust, who deserves banishment, and who might be secretly plotting murder under the cloak of darkness.
Heading to the Scottish Highlands are:
Amol Rajan – Journalist and Broadcaster
Bella Ramsey – Actor
James Acaster – Comedian and Podcaster
James Blunt – Singer/Songwriter
Jerry Hall – Model and Actress
Joanne McNally – Comedian
Joe Lycett – Comedian
Julie Hesmondhalgh – Actor
King Kenny – Content Creator
Leigh-Anne Pinnock – Singer/Songwriter
Maya Jama – Broadcaster and Entrepreneur
Michael Sheen – Actor and Presenter
Miranda Hart – Actor and Author
Myha’la – Actor
Professor Hannah Fry – Broadcaster and Mathematician
Richard E. Grant – Actor and Author
Rob Beckett – Comedian
Romesh Ranganathan – Comedian
Ross Kemp – Actor and Presenter
Sebastian Croft – Musician and Actor
Sharon Rooney – Actor
Series One of The Celebrity Traitors, which premiered on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in October 2025, was a phenomenal success. It garnered an average audience of 14.9 million viewers across its run, peaking at 15.4 million for the finale. The series demonstrated unprecedented growth, becoming the top entertainment episode across the entire market since 2016 and the number one series across all genres and platforms in 2025.
Concurrently, the fourth series of The Traitors, which captivated the nation in January 2026, achieved a 28-day average of 12.5 million viewers. This marks a 22% increase from Series Three (10.3 million). The majority of viewership was driven by BBC iPlayer, accounting for 6.6 million of the audience (53%) and showing a 28% rise compared to the third series. This makes it the second biggest series across the market since the beginning of 2025, surpassed only by The Celebrity Traitors.
The Celebrity Traitors will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer later in 2026.
The Celebrity Traitors series two (10 x 60-minute episodes) is produced by Studio Lambert Scotland for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. It was commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning for the BBC. The Executive Producers for Studio Lambert Scotland include Mike Cotton, Sarah Fay, Lewis Thurlow, and Katy Fox, with Production Executives Lynette Woods-Reynolds, Gemma Scholes, and Faye Donaldson. Neil McCallum and Michael Jochnowitz serve as the Commissioning Editors for the BBC.
The original format of The Traitors (Dutch title: De Verraders) was conceived and developed by IDTV in collaboration with RTL Creative Unit. All3Media International acts as the global partner for The Traitors, managing format and tape sales worldwide. Studio Lambert is a subsidiary of All3Media.
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