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The Celebrity Traitors: BBC shares first look as Claudia Winkleman welcomes series two stars

The first teaser trailer of the upcoming season of The Celebrity Traitors has dropped.

Host Claudia Winkleman returns for another series of star-studded debauchery and treachery in the Scottish Highlands.

This autumn, 21 celebrities will face off for the chance to win £100,000 for a charity of their choice, as they try to seek out who amongst them are the murderous traitors.

Claudia Winkleman at the launch of BBC’s Celebrity Traitors, at the Electric Cinema in London (Ian West/PA) (PA Archive)
Claudia Winkleman at the launch of BBC’s Celebrity Traitors, at the Electric Cinema in London (Ian West/PA) (PA Archive)

In the teaser released on Thursday, 27 August, Winkleman walks through the aisles of a church as she asks the contestants for a moment of silence.

Sat in the pews are an array of famous faces taking part in the second season on the hit BBC reality show, including Maya Jama, Bella Ramsay, Romesh Ranganathan, Richard E. Grant and Rob Beckett, to name a few.

“Thoughts and prayers”, Winkleman says to the cast before leaving the church “Who doesn’t love a dramatic exit.”

The cast of the first season of the Celebrity Traitors (PA Media)
The cast of the first season of the Celebrity Traitors (PA Media)

The air date for the second season has not yet been confirmed, though the broadcaster said it would be “coming soon”.

Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Thursday, BBC’s Director of Entertainment Ed Havard said: “Things happen that you didn't think could happen on Traitors and have never seen before.”

“I came from working on the US version, and it just shows how many surprises this show can deliver. I can't stop thinking about it. The paranoia is off the scale.”

“So, we are very excited about it.”

The inaugural series of The Celebrity Traitors was won by Alan Carr (PA Wire)
The inaugural series of The Celebrity Traitors was won by Alan Carr (PA Wire)

He added: “Some of them are already getting ahead of themselves and are already texting me asking when they can be part of the all-stars version – even though we’ve only done two seasons so far.”

The BBC’s chief content officer Kate Phillips added: “We don’t pay (the celebrities) a lot of money – they do this because they want to play the game.”

She also revealed this season would become emotional at times, adding: “There are tears in this season… they are fully invested.”

The inaugural series of The Celebrity Traitors was won by Alan Carr, whose murderous ways as a Traitor went undetected.

The show, a spin-off of the civilian version that began airing in 2023, averaged an audience of 14.9million - the biggest TV audience of 2025.

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