The Celebrity Traitors UK Season 2 Cast: Who’s In and Where to Watch

• The Celebrity Traitors season 2 has 21 celebrities, including Richard E. Grant, Bella Ramsey, Jerry Hall, Michael Sheen and Maya Jama. Claudia Winkleman hosts.
• It premiered Thursday, Oct. 1, on BBC One and airs Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. UK time (3 p.m. ET). The 10 episodes end with two on Oct. 29 and 30.
• No US release date has been announced. Peacock, where the American Traitors streams, is the expected US home.

The Celebrity Traitors season 2 has 21 celebrities, from Richard E. Grant and Bella Ramsey to Jerry Hall and Michael Sheen, and it started Thursday on BBC One. Here is who is in the cast, who the first Traitors are, when new episodes air and what American viewers can do.

Who is in The Celebrity Traitors UK season 2 cast?

The BBC announced the line-up in early May. It mixes actors, comedians, singers and broadcasters, and the winner plays for up to £100,000 for their chosen charity. American viewers will know Richard E. Grant from Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Bella Ramsey from The Last of Us and Myha’la from HBO’s Industry.

• Amol Rajan — journalist and broadcaster
• Bella Ramsey — actor, The Last of Us
• Hannah Fry — mathematician and broadcaster
• James Acaster — comedian
• James Blunt — singer-songwriter
• Jerry Hall — model and actress
• Joanne McNally — comedian
• Joe Lycett — comedian
• Julie Hesmondhalgh — actress, Coronation Street and Broadchurch
• King Kenny — social media personality
• Leigh-Anne Pinnock — singer, formerly of Little Mix
• Maya Jama — TV presenter, Love Island host
• Michael Sheen — actor, Good Omens
• Miranda Hart — actress and comedian, Miranda
• Myha’la — actress, Industry
• Richard E. Grant — Oscar-nominated actor
• Rob Beckett — comedian
• Romesh Ranganathan — comedian
• Ross Kemp — actor and presenter, EastEnders
• Sebastian Croft — actor, Heartstopper
• Sharon Rooney — actress

Who are the Traitors, and how does the game work?

Spoiler for episode 1, which aired Thursday: Maya Jama and Richard E. Grant were named the first two Traitors.

The format is the one from the American and regular British versions. A few players are secretly Traitors, and each night they “murder” a Faithful, who leaves the game.

By day, the whole group meets at the Round Table to banish one player. The Faithfuls are trying to find every Traitor before the Traitors thin them out.

When does The Celebrity Traitors air, and can you watch it in the US?

The series airs on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer on Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. in the UK, which is 3 p.m. ET and noon PT. The opening episode was extra long. The last two episodes, 9 and 10, air Oct. 29 and 30.

It is not on a US service yet. The BBC iPlayer is a UK service that requires a UK TV Licence. No US date has been announced.

The first celebrity series reportedly reached Peacock about two weeks after its UK finale, and Peacock is the expected US home again. In the meantime, here is the cast of the American version’s season 6.

Where is The Celebrity Traitors filmed?

At Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands, a 19th-century baronial castle about 25 to 30 miles north of Inverness. Production ran in May and June 2026, months before the premiere.

More British TV from this month: Strictly Come Dancing 2026, with the full list of 15 pairs, and the cast of ITV’s The Blame. More in TV & Reality.

— Bruno Monteiro

Sources: BBC announcement of the series 2 line-up (May 2026) and the BBC One schedule; Deadline and TV Insider on the cast; Yahoo Entertainment on episode times and the platform plan; Deadline’s premiere recap for the first two Traitors; The Celebrity Traitors series 2 listing for production dates and location. Photos and video: official channels of the BBC, This Morning and Lorraine (ITV), The Jonathan Ross Show (ITV), Good Morning America (ABC) and Virgin Radio UK.