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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Ian Jones

Celebrity Traitors launch watched by more than 15m people

Maya Jama and Richard E Grant in episode one of the current series of The Celebrity Traitors, which has been watched by 15.4 million viewers (BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry/PA) -

More than 15 million people watched the first episode of this year’s Celebrity Traitors in the seven days following its transmission, figures have shown.

It is the largest TV audience so far in 2026 based on what are known as consolidated ratings, which measure the number of UK viewers who watch a programme up to a week after it was first broadcast or released.

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