FIRST LOOK The Celebrity Traitors

"This game doesn't care who you are"

Ahead of the first series of The Celebrity Traitors launching next week on BBC One, the first cast shot has been revealed.

This time Claudia Winkleman is inviting a group of celebrities to the beautiful castle in the Scottish Highlands to play this ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £100,000 for their chosen charities.   

Hidden amongst the group are The Traitors whose job is to secretly murder their fellow players, without getting caught. It’s up to the others, the Faithful, to try to detect the Traitors and banish them from the game before they become their next victim.

The lucky players who survive to the end have the chance of winning the money. If a Traitor remains undetected, however, they’ll take it all. New series, whole new game.

Taking part are comedian Alan Carr, singer/songwriter Cat Burns, actor Celia Imrie, singer/activist Charlotte Church, broadcaster and author Clare Balding, historian and filmmaker David Olusoga, former England Rugby plater and podcaster Joe Marler, comedian Joe Wilkinson, presenter Jonathan Ross, broadcaster Kate Garraway, comedian Lucy Beaumont, actor Mark Bonnar, actor and comedian Nick Mohammed, content creator Niko Omilana, singer/songwriter and actor Paloma Faith, actor Ruth Codd, actor, writer and presenter Stephen Fry, actor and comedian Tameka Empson and olympian, author, broadcaster and entrepreneur Tom Daley.

Speaking about the decision to do a celebrity version of The Traitors, host Claudia Winkleman said "I was scared. Only because I’m in love with this show and I wanted to keep it small. Once a year or maybe once every two years felt like enough. My bosses thank goodness ignored everything I said."

Adding "I could barely breathe when I saw them all in the Highlands. I’m such a fan of every single one of them. The whole team were just in awe, it was hard not to scream ‘you’re here!” When I talked to Stephen Fry I almost welled up, I told him “this was my dream”. We’re incredibly lucky to have the cast that we have. Each one of them is tremendous."

There will be two episodes per week on Wednesdays and Thursdays, with the final airing on Friday 31st October.

The Celebrity Traitors starts Wednesday 8th October at 9pm on BBC One