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Celebrity Traitors star reacts after being first player murdered in new series

Journalist Amol Rajan became the first contestant to be "murdered" by traitors Maya Jama and Richard E Grant as the second episode of The Celebrity Traitors was getting underway, while comedian James Acaster was recruited as the third traitor. Thursday’s opening edition of the BBC reality game show concluded with…

The Independent UK · Oct 2

First star murdered and another recruited in The Celebrity Traitors

The opening show was the most-watched debut episode of any series of the Traitors franchise in the UK.

Evening Standard · Oct 2

Celebrity Traitors 2026: Third traitor revealed as major celeb is ‘murdered’ in huge twist

Richard E Grant and Maya Jama faced a major decision as they chose the third Traitor to join their coven

Evening Standard · Oct 2

Richard E Grant just made the wildest move in Traitors history

COMMENT: In the opening episode of ‘The Celebrity Traitors’, the flappy ‘Withnail & I’ star took the series to places it has never been before and instantly became, as Maya Jama gloriously put it, the show’s ‘unhinged uncle’. What on earth is going to happen next? asks Ellie Harrison

The Independent UK · Oct 2

Celebrity Traitors 2026 fan reaction: 'Most obvious Traitor of all time' and a jaw-dropping cliffhanger

Twenty-one stars arrived in the Scottish Highlands for the ultimate game of back-stabbing and deceipt

Evening Standard · Oct 1

Celebrity Traitors ends on cliffhanger with two stars pleading to avoid murder

Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the BBC series follows 21 celebrity contestants as they try to seek out the traitors among them.

Evening Standard · Oct 1

Celebrity Traitors stars stunned by Richard E Grant’s astonishing slip: 'Biggest mistake ever'

Grant had barely settled into the castle before leaving his fellow contestants utterly confused

Evening Standard · Oct 1

The Celebrity Traitors: Meet the players Claudia Winkleman has picked as her team of backstabbing stars

Two celebrities have been chosen to enter the turret, and a third is about to be decided. Let the game begin

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Ed Gamble on Ross Kemp’s Celebrity Traitors paranoia: ‘One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on TV’

Hard man Kemp trusted nobody in episode one of the BBC hit

The Independent UK · Oct 1

The Celebrity Traitors series two review – A show so glorious it’ll restore your faith in the universe

5/5 The best show on telly is truly in its golden age. Sit back and enjoy this brilliant, bonkers ride

The Independent UK · Oct 1