The Celebrity Traitors

For other series of The Traitors that partially or exclusively had celebrities in their cast (e.g. US, Australia, NZ), see The Traitors (disambiguation).

The Celebrity Traitors
Genre	Reality Game show
Based on	De Verraders by Marc Pos Jasper Hoogendoorn
Presented by	Claudia Winkleman
Theme music composer	Sam Watts [1]
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Studio Lambert
Original release
Network	BBC One
Related
The Traitors

The Celebrity Traitors is a spin-off of the British version of the reality television series The Traitors , that is set to premiere on BBC One on 8 October 2025. ^[2] Claudia Winkleman will present the series. ^{[3] [4]}

Production

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 three weeks from 8 to 24 October 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]}

Contestants

The 19 celebrities competing in the series were revealed on 13 May 2025. ^{[13] [14]}

From left to right: Alan Carr, Celia Imrie, Charlotte Church, Clare Balding, David Olusoga, Joe Marler, Joe Wilkinson, Jonathan Ross, Kate Garraway, Nick Mohammed, Niko Omilana, Paloma Faith, Sir Stephen Fry, Tameka Empson and Tom Daley

List of The Celebrity Traitors contestants

Contestant	Age	Notability	Affiliation	Finish
Alan Carr	48	Comedian & television presenter
Cat Burns	25	Singer-songwriter
Celia Imrie	72	Stage & screen actress
Charlotte Church	39	Singer & television presenter
Clare Balding	54	Television presenter & journalist
David Olusoga	55	Historian & film-maker
Joe Marler	34	Former England rugby player
Joe Wilkinson	50	Comedian & actor
Jonathan Ross	64	Television presenter
Kate Garraway	57	Television presenter & journalist
Lucy Beaumont	41	Comedian
Mark Bonnar	56	Stage & screen actor
Nick Mohammed	44	Actor & comedian
Niko Omilana	27	Social media personality
Paloma Faith	43	Singer-songwriter & actress
Ruth Codd	28	Actress
Sir Stephen Fry	67	Actor, writer & presenter
Tameka Empson	48	EastEnders actress
Tom Daley	30	Former Olympic diver

References

1. "Sam Watts | Composer – Film and television composer" . Retrieved 23 December 2022.
2. "The Celebrity Traitors - Everything you need to know". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
3. "The Celebrity Traitors - Everything you need to know" (press release). BBC . Retrieved 13 May 2025.
4. Heritage, Stuart (13 May 2025). "Stephen Fry is toast! The Celebrity Traitors lineup – ranked". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
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. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
7. "BBC's Celebrity Traitors gets exciting update ahead of its 2025 release". Digital Spy . 1 April 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. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
9. Ross, Charley (25 April 2025). "When does Celebrity Traitors start? Here's what we know". Glamour UK. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
10. "Celebrity Traitors latest: Release date, cast and filming revealed". Heart . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
11. "The BBC's 'Celebrity Traitors' Cast Pits an Olympian Against a 'Ted Lasso' Star". Cosmopolitan. 13 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. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
13. "Celebrity Traitors line-up confirmed: Stephen Fry, Paloma Faith, Alan Carr and more". BBC News . 13 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
14. "Celebrity Traitors line-up officially confirmed – including Taskmaster and Thursday Murder Club stars | Radio Times". Radio Times . Retrieved 14 May 2025.

External links

• The Celebrity Traitors at IMDb