When Is The Celebrity Traitors On? Here’s How To Watch Series 2

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In January we said goodbye to Ardross Castle for another season of The Traitors, not long after the inaugural celebrity edition. Both high-stakes series saw a group of innocent people dropped in a castle, challenged with mind-bending missions and tasked with wheedling out the traitorous murderers among them. And in the end, in both cases, it was a Traitor who clinched the top prize: treacherous celebrity Traitor Alan Carr took home £87,500 for his chosen charity, Neuroblastoma UK, followed by our first ever duo of Traitors to bag the cash prize, Rachel and Stephen.

There was much talk of ‘national treasures’ during the inaugural series of The Celebrity Traitors, but we think Alan’s wit-filled journey secures the comedian’s spot in that esteemed category. He was joined by hall-of-famers spanning Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Claire Balding, Jonathan Ross and more, attracting record-breaking audiences to the BBC. The series premiere is the most-watched unscripted episode of television in history, while the finale attracted a ginormous 81 percent of market share meaning eight out of 10 people watching TV on the night of 6 November were watching The Celebrity Traitors.

It will come as no surprise then that The Celebrity Traitors has returned for a second series, with a fresh line-up of household names. Here’s how to watch the treacherous TV show.

The stars of The Celebrity Traitors series 3: Ross Kemp, James Blunt, Myha’la, Rob Beckett, Professor Hannah Fry, Richard E Grant, Sharon Rooney, Bella Ramsay, Romesh Ranganathan, Jerry Hall, Claudia Winkleman, Amol Rajan, Miranda Hart, Maya Jama, James Acaster, Sebastian Croft, Michael Sheen, Joe Lycett, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Joanne McNally, Leigh-Anne Pinnock & King Kenny. (BBC/Studio Lambert/Cody Burridge/BBC Creative)

The Celebrity Traitors Series 2: How To Watch

Who Is In It?

The BBC has rounded up a new batch of celebrities, which it whisked up to the Scottish Highlands earlier this summer to shoot the second ever series of The Celebrity Traitors. Drumroll please, they are:

Amol Rajan, journalist, broadcaster and University Challenge presenter
Bella Ramsey, star of The Last of Us and Game of Thrones
James Acaster, comedian and co-host of Off Menu podcast
James Blunt, singer
Jerry Hall, model, actress and ex-wife of Mick Jagger and Rupert Murdoch
Joanne McNally, Irish comedian and host of My Therapist Ghosted Me podcast
Joe Lycett, comedian
Julie Hesmondhalgh, Coronation Street star
King Kenny, YouTuber
Leigh-Anne Pinnock, singer and Little Mix member
Maya Jama, broadcaster and Love Island presenter
Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
Miranda Hart, comedian, actor and Miranda creator
Myha’la, Industry star
Professor Hannah Fry, mathematician and broadcaster
Richard E. Grant, British actor
Rob Beckett, comedian
Romesh Ranganathan, comedian
Ross Kemp, actor, presenter and former EastEnders star
Sebastian Croft, musician and Heartstopper star
Sharon Rooney, actor known for My Mad Fat Diary

Whew, that’s a stacked cast, highlighting the whopping success of the first instalment of The Celebrity Traitors in 2025, and the enduring appeal of the show’s format, even amongst the rich and famous.

The reveal follows the BBC’s struggle to keep The Celebrity Traitors series 1’s cast under wraps, with papz stalking Ardross Castle for glimpses of the action.

Actors and comedians dominate the pack, ready to deceive with their chameleonic personalities and distract with their quick wit. On the elder end of the scale (who we could describe as our ‘big dogs’), national treasures like Richard E Grant, Michael Sheen and Jerry Hall have made their way to the Highlands. On the younger end of the scale, Bella Ramsey (age 22), Sebastian Croft (age 24), King Kenny (age 29) and Myha’la (age 30) will be putting the team’s wits to the test.

So who will be Faithful, and who will be team Traitor? We will have to wait and see…

The Celebrity Traitors series 1 (© BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry)

How To Watch

The Celebrity Traitors series 2 will kick off at 8pm on Thursday 1 October 2026 on BBC One and iPlayer, followed by episode 2 the following evening. Episodes will then air weekly on Thursday and Friday evenings at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

The series will be made up of 10 episodes. The full release schedule is: