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The Celebrity Traitors
Genre
  • Reality
  • Game show
Based on
De Verraders
by 
Presented byClaudia Winkleman
Theme music composerSam Watts[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes9
Production
Production locationArdross, Highland
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companyStudio Lambert
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release8 October 2025 (2025-10-08) –
present
Related
The Traitors

The Celebrity Traitors is a spin-off of the British version of the reality television series The Traitors. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 8 October 2025.[2] Claudia Winkleman presented the series.

Following the premise of the parent series, the show features a group of contestants participating in a social deduction game similar to Mafia or Werewolf, set in and around Ardross Castle in Scotland. A small group of contestants is chosen as the titular "Traitors," and must work together to eliminate the other contestants to win a grand prize. The remaining contestants are the "Faithful" and are tasked to discover and banish the Traitors by voting them out to win the grand prize. Unlike the main series, the celebrity players are playing on behalf of a charity of their choice.

A second series has been confirmed for broadcast in late 2026.[3]

Format

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Following the format of the original version of the show, a group of celebrity contestants arrives at a castle in the Scottish Highlands where the members will remain for the duration of the game in order to win up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice. On the arrival day, host Claudia Winkleman picks a small number of contestants to be "Traitors". The rest are automatically called "Faithful". The television audience knows which players have been chosen as Traitors, but the Faithful do not know their number or identity.

At the end of each day, all contestants meet at a Round Table to discuss who they think are Traitors. They then cast votes that are revealed one by one. The person with the most votes is immediately banished, and reveals their identity before leaving.[a] On most nights, the Traitors meet in private and agree to "murder" one Faithful who will leave the game immediately. The remaining Faithful players only discover who has been murdered at breakfast the next morning.

Each day, the group participates in missions to win money for the prize fund which can reach £100,000 by the end of the game. During the missions, contestants may also win a shield that awards that player immunity from being murdered that night, but not from being banished. In some cases, contestants have the right not to disclose whether they won the shield, or to inform only certain chosen players.[4]

End Game

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After the final Round Table, the remaining players (usually four) gather at the Fire of Truth and participate in the End Game. The group is given an opportunity to end the game by unanimous vote. Any vote to continue will lead to another immediate banishment vote. When a unanimous decision is reached to end the game — or when there are only two players left — the remaining players reveal whether they are Faithful or Traitors. If they are all Faithful, they will all share the prize fund for their charities; however, if any of these final players are Traitors those players alone will share the prize fund amongst themselves for their charities.

Notes
  1. ↑ In the event of a tie, the tied players make a final plea before the remaining players vote between them again – if a second tie occurs, one player is chosen for banishment randomly among the tied players.

Production

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In August 2024, the BBC confirmed that The Celebrity Traitors had been commissioned, along with two more series of The Traitors, the first of which aired in January 2025.[5] Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Kalpna Patel-Knight, the BBC's head of entertainment, said: "The Traitors has well and truly established itself as an unmissable highlight of the year and the news of a fourth outing, alongside a brand new celebrity version coming to the BBC, will take the series to a whole new level.[6] In April 2025, it was confirmed that the show would air in the autumn of that year,[7] with October 2025 later specified.[2]

Filming for the series began on 22 April 2025 at Ardross Castle and concluded the following month, consisting of 9 episodes due to air over four weeks from 8 October to 6 November 2025.[8][9][10] Following the cast announcement, host Claudia Winkleman said "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."[11][12]

The first series final was mistakenly released early online in Canada and New Zealand as the episode was mistakenly made available on the Crave and ThreeNow streaming services 24 hours in advance of its broadcast on BBC One, due to a miscommunication between All3Media International and its international partners.[13]

In March 2026, BBC announced a three-year deal that will keep The Celebrity Traitors and The Traitors in production until 2030.[14]

Episodes

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Series overview

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Series overview
SeriesContestantsEpisodesOriginally releasedWinnerPrizeTraitorsAverage viewers
(millions)
First releasedLast released
11998 October 2025 (2025-10-08)6 November 2025 (2025-11-06)Alan Carr
(Traitor)[15]		£87,500
(out of £100,000)		Alan Carr
Cat Burns
Jonathan Ross		13.35
221102026 (2026)TBATBATBATBA

Series 1 (2025)

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No.
overall		No. in
series		Title Original release date [16][17]UK viewers
(millions) [18]
11"Episode 1"8 October 2025 (2025-10-08)12.46
22"Episode 2"9 October 2025 (2025-10-09)11.87
33"Episode 3"15 October 2025 (2025-10-15)13.23
44"Episode 4"16 October 2025 (2025-10-16)12.85
55"Episode 5"22 October 2025 (2025-10-22)13.27
66"Episode 6"23 October 2025 (2025-10-23)13.61
77"Episode 7"29 October 2025 (2025-10-29)13.79
88"Episode 8"30 October 2025 (2025-10-30)14.10
99"Finale"[19]6 November 2025 (2025-11-06)14.94

Series 2 (2026)

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A second series has been confirmed for broadcast in 2026.[3] On 2 May 2026, the line-up was announced. The celebrities taking part are: Amol Rajan, Bella Ramsey, Hannah Fry, James Acaster, James Blunt, Jerry Hall, Joanne McNally, Joe Lycett, Julie Hesmondhalgh, King Kenny, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Maya Jama, Michael Sheen, Miranda Hart, Myha'la, Richard E. Grant, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Ross Kemp, Sebastian Croft and Sharon Rooney.[20]

The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked

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To accompany the series, a follow-up television programme and BBC Sounds podcast was included, called The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked produced by Listen. The first episode aired on 8 October 2025. It was hosted by Ed Gamble and broadcast on BBC Two.[21]

The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked
Also known asUncloaked
Presented byEd Gamble
Theme music composerSam Watts[22]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes9
Production
ProducerListen
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time29 minutes
Production companyStudio Lambert
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release8 October 2025 (2025-10-08) –
present

References

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  1. ↑ "Sam Watts | Composer – Film and television composer". Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "The Celebrity Traitors - Everything you need to know". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 May 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Celebrity Traitors to return for a second series in 2026". BBC News. 10 November 2025. Archived from the original on 10 November 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "BBC One – The Traitors – The Traitors: How the Show Works". BBC Media Centre. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Traitors: First UK celebrity series announced". BBC News. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Creamer, Jon (22 August 2024). "Traitors confirmed for S4 plus celeb version". Televisual. Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "BBC's Celebrity Traitors gets exciting update ahead of its 2025 release". Digital Spy. 1 April 2025. Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Celebrity Traitors launch date confirmed and fans will be treated to an extra-long opening episode" (press release). BBC. Archived from the original on 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Ross, Charley (25 April 2025). "When does Celebrity Traitors start? Here's what we know". Glamour UK. Archived from the original on 27 April 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Celebrity Traitors latest: Release date, cast and filming revealed". Heart. Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "The BBC's 'Celebrity Traitors' Cast Pits an Olympian Against a 'Ted Lasso' Star". Cosmopolitan. 13 May 2025. Archived from the original on 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "The Celebrity Traitors' "brilliant" cast has officially been confirmed – along with a release date window". Digital Spy. 13 May 2025. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  13. ↑ Goldbart, Max (7 November 2025). "'Celebrity Traitors UK' Distributor All3Media International "Urgently Reviewing Our Processes" After Dramatic Finale Leaks A Day Early In Canada & New Zealand". Archived from the original on 9 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "BBC remains Faithful to The Traitors and The Celebrity Traitors until at least 2030". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  15. ↑ Nanji, Noor (6 November 2025). "After weeks of tension, plots and sabotage, Celebrity Traitors has come to a nail-biting end". BBC News. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  16. ↑ Warner, Sam (8 October 2025). "Celebrity Traitors release schedule: When is the next episode on the BBC?". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 8 October 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "The Celebrity Traitors has over 11.7 million faithful viewers so far plus highly anticipated finale date confirmed for BBC One and iPlayer". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "As Viewed Top 50". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  19. ↑ "BBC One - The Celebrity Traitors, Series 1, Finale". BBC. 6 November 2025. Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  20. ↑ "The Celebrity Traitors series 2 line-up confirmed". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  21. ↑ "The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  22. ↑ "Sam Watts | Composer – Film and television composer". Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
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