When is 'Celebrity Traitors' coming out in 2025?
The BBC is rolling out the red carpet for Celebrity Traitors in October 2025—just in time for autumn chill and those early dark evenings that make castle intrigue seem that much juicier. It’s not often reality TV gets me checking my calendar, but for this, I made a note. Claudia Winkleman (queen of the fringe, to be fair) returns as host, and this time she’s presiding over a pack of actual famous faces at Scotland’s Ardross Castle.
There’s already gossip about who’ll be sneaking toast in the middle of the night (Claudia’s already joked about it), but don’t expect a leisurely holiday—according to the press, betrayals and late-night plotting are on the cards, with nine episodes airing across about three weeks.
Who’s in the 2025 'Celebrity Traitors' line-up?
The 2025 line-up is honestly a bit wild; BBC confirmed 19 celebrities running the gauntlet for charity. There are household names, sly comics, sports legends, and more than one who definitely knows how to play a room.
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Here’s a (very informal) "who’s actually going in" list:
- Stephen Fry (Highbrow actor, writer, national treasure... please don’t let him be the first murdered!)
- Alan Carr (I once heard his laugh echo across a whole festival tent; can he whisper in a castle?)
- Tom Daley (Olympic diver & the man who can probably dodge suspicion better than most)
- Paloma Faith (Singer with major stage flair—early favourite for Traitor, apparently!)
- Charlotte Church (Always game, has done reality before; will she sing at the firepit?)
- Kate Garraway (ITV royalty, Strictly alum; knows how to survive a reality show)
- Celia Imrie (A bona fide screen legend)
- Clare Balding (TV sports anchor, never misses a trick)
- Joe Marler (Ex-rugby player, has faced scarier things than roundtable banishment)
- Joe Wilkinson (Deadpan comedian, quietly hilarious)
- Jonathan Ross (Talk show maestro, will his interview technique sniff out liars?)
- Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso fans, get excited)
- Niko Omilana (Young, viral. Will the Faithfuls even recognize half his pranks?)
- Cat Burns (Up-and-coming singer; new to sabotage but learning quick)
- Lucy Beaumont (Sharp comic energy)
- Mark Bonnar (Serious actor chops)
- Ruth Codd (One for drama)
- Tameka Empson (EastEnders' star—knows her way around a whodunit)
- David Olusoga (Historian, so maybe he’ll document betrayal in real time)
Not gonna lie, when I saw this cast I spent three minutes daydreaming about Stephen Fry prepping dramatic traitor speeches in his pajamas. You know he’d do it with the full Shakespearean flourish. If you’re the sort who loves to guess who’ll end up backstabbed (or backstabbing)—just reviewing this cast is half the fun.
What’s different about the 'Celebrity Traitors' vs. regular Traitors UK?
Well, for starters, everyone’s famous—sort of changes everything when the liar is someone you recognize from Wednesday night panel shows. Like, imagine Alan Carr and Paloma Faith trying to out-bluff each other while Tom Daley is literally executing a perfect swan dive from suspicion.
The rules mostly stay the same: Faithfuls vs. Traitors, missions for cash, and the dreadful roundtable meetings where your mate could turn out to be a double-crosser.
But there’s something about seeing familiar faces risk their reputations and their dignity (and probably their tempers) for charity. I imagine Jonathan Ross will be slyly noting down everyone’s tells, while Kate Garraway will probably give the most earnest banishment speeches.
And, let’s be honest, fans are coming not just for the intrigue but for the snark, awkward alliances, and the kind of offbeat banter you only get when you lock celebrities in a spooky castle for nine days and let paranoia do its thing.
