The official line-up has been confirmed for the second series of The Celebrity Traitors | Television

Considering Traitors is a murderous conspiracy game set in a royal palace, the Shakespearean actors on the list of popular new plays should be well established.

Oscar-winner Richard E. Grantfamous actor Michael Sheen and star of The Last of Us Bella Ramsey will be among the Thespians who want to win this year, both with the Bard on their CV.

They are joined by Industry star Myha’la, comedian Miranda Hart and Love Island host Maya Jama.

Actress, model and ex-wife of Rupert MurdochJerry Hall, former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock and singer James Blunt will also be competing.

In a real BBC game show, hosted by Claudia Winkleman21 stars will travel to a castle in the Highlands for the chance to win a £100,000 cash prize for a charity of their choice.

The game follows the famous gamer as they try to find the killers in their midst, who kill the players in the middle of the night.

Comedian Alan Carr, who can’t be expected to take on a major role as a con artist, managed to beat Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie and Nick Mohammed to win the first series of the show.

It drew huge audiences, with the finale reaching a peak of 15.4 million viewers, according to the broadcaster. The series brought in an average of 14.9 million people during its run – the biggest TV audience in 2025.

The show was also popular among young viewers. Nightly ratings for the first series of The Celebrity Traitors – which measured the number of people watching live or later on the day it aired on iPlayer – revealed that more than half of people aged 16 to 24 who watched the show during that time watched every episode of The Celebrity Traitors as it aired.

A number of comedians have also joined the second series of the latest show including James Acaster, Joe Lycett and Romesh Ranganathan – as well as Rob Beckett and Joanne McNally.

Others joining the line-up include Coronation street star Julie Hesmodhalgh, broadcaster Amol Rajan and actress Sharon Rooney.

Broadcaster and mathematician Prof Hannah Fry completes the series alongside producer King Kenny and actor Sebastian Croft.

After the success of The Traitors, Winkleman hosted her own Friday night talk show, The Claudia Winkleman Show. Its premiere on 13 March attracted 1.5m viewers, slightly more than the final show of the 33rd series of The. Graham Norton Show it. The top view added another 700,000.

The Traitors show has been dominating UK shows since its debut in 2022. There is two hours to sinkboard games, card games and shopping opportunities Long, long, long dresses.

The trick-or-treating game is also due to be adapted to what the developers say will be a “bold and surprising” adventure that will open in London in 2027.

The stage production will involve Studio Lambert, a TV production company, and Neal Street Productions, a company founded by Sam Mendes.