The BBC has officially confirmed the star-studded cast for the inaugural season of The Celebrity Traitors, set to premiere in autumn 2025 on BBC One and iPlayer.
Hosted by , this nine-part series will see 19 celebrities engage in a high-stakes game of deception, trust, and strategy, all vying to win up to £100,000 for their chosen charities.
Of the upcoming series, Winkleman says via a BBC Press release: “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
Filmed at the iconic Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands, the series promises intense drama as celebrities navigate alliances and betrayals.
While the identities of the Traitors and Faithfuls remain under wraps, speculation is rife, with fans eager to see how these personalities will fare in the game of subterfuge.
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 Traitors continues to be the biggest new Entertainment brand in the market for 16-34s.
