The Celebrity Traitors Series 2 - Everything you need to know

It’s the show that has the nation gripped with its dastardly twists, turns, secrets and epic missions and this series will be no exception...

Published: 08:10 pm, 30 October 2026

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The RTS and BAFTA Craft Award winning The Celebrity Traitors is back on iPlayer and BBC One.

Made by Studio Lambert Scotland, The Celebrity Traitors sees twenty-one famous faces head to The Traitors castle, ready to play the ultimate game of deception and betrayal in the hope of winning a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.

Here's everything you need to know about the series...

When is The Celebrity Traitors Series 2 on TV and BBC iPlayer?

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The Celebrity Traitors series two airs on Thursday and Friday nights from 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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The Celebrity Traitors Series 2 Finale

Watch The Celebrity Traitors Finale on iPlayer and BBC One on Friday 30 October from 8pm.

As the ultimate game of deception and trust draws to a close, the stakes have never been higher as the celebrity players face their final, explosive mission.

It's followed immediately by The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked as Claudia Winkleman and the finalists join Ed Gamble and a studio audience for a very special edition. Together, they discuss the endgame and react to the big final outcome. Get inside our celebrity players' reflections and gameplay as they dissect all the epic castle action.

Who are The Celebrity Traitors Series 2 celebrity contestants?

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Heading to the Scottish Highlands are:

Amol Rajan – Journalist and Broadcaster playing for The Louis Dundas Centre of Great Ormond Street Hospital
Bella Ramsey – Actor playing for Bamboozle Theatre Company
James Acaster – Comedian and Podcaster playing for Friends of the Earth Charitable Trust
James Blunt – Singer/Songwriter playing for Blue Marine Foundation
Jerry Hall – Model and Actress playing for The Kings Trust
Joanne McNally – Comedian playing for Unicef
Joe Lycett – Comedian playing for Tamworth Wellbeing and Cancer Support Centre
Julie Hesmondhalgh – Actor playing for Reubens' Retreat
King Kenny – Content Creator playing for Rethink Mental Illness
Leigh-Anne Pinnock – Singer/Songwriter playing for British Red Cross Society
Maya Jama – Broadcaster and Entrepreneur playing for Action for Children
Michael Sheen – Actor and Presenter playing for Ty Hafan
Miranda Hart – Actor and Author playing for Astriid
Myha’la – Actor playing for Food Foundation
Professor Hannah Fry – Broadcaster and Mathematician playing for Alzheimer's Society
Richard E. Grant – Actor and Author playing for Longfied Community Hospice
Rob Beckett – Comedian playing for Matt Palmer Trust
Romesh Ranganathan – Comedian playing for Refugee Council
Ross Kemp – Actor and Presenter playing for the Haemophilia Society
Sebastian Croft – Musician and Actor playing for Choose Love
Sharon Rooney – Actor playing for Robin House Children's Hospice

Traitor or Faithful?

Meet The Celebrity Traitors series 2 contestants

The celebs reveal whether they want to be a Traitor or play a 100% Faithful game as Claudia talks fashion inspiration and overly long fringes

Who's been Murdered or Banished?

SPOILER ALERT - Hear from the Murdered or Banished contestants as they leave the castle.

The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked

Ed Gamble, duplicated, stands either side of a confessional in a church. On the right, he wears a cloak and listens intently. On the left, her whispers something to the wall.

The official video podcast returns to BBC One, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds as host, Ed Gamble is joined by banished and murdered players and previous celebrity and non celebrity-players for a debrief and reactions to the latest betrayals, mind games and manipulations.

Each episode features exclusive interviews and unseen footage where the Faithful learn the identity of the Traitors for the very first time. There will also be exclusive bonus episodes available immediately after the main show on BBC Sounds, with extended celebrity interviews and in-depth gameplay analysis.

The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked airs on BBC One straight after the main series, and on BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer.

Traitor or Faithful? Claudia Decides

A woman sits in a red armchair in a library, grinning as she cheekily averts her eyes sideways. — (Image: BBC/Studio Lambert/Cody Burridge)

Audiences will find out how Claudia chooses her Traitors in Traitor or Faithful? Claudia Decides.

New information will be revealed, as Claudia gets to know the players on a more personal level. As she interrogates their true intentions there’s nowhere to hide but who has it in them to turn to the dark side? And who left Claudia with some easy decisions to make?

Traitor or Faithful? Claudia Decides will be available on Thursday 1 October from 9.15pm on BBC iPlayer.