Celebrity Traitors 2026: Next episode, full schedule, cast and favourites to win
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Celebrity Traitors season two
Reports online promised that episode nine of Celebrity Traitors featured an all-timer twist and it absolutely delivered with one of the most shocking UK TV moments in years.
Episode eight seemed to set Celebrity Traitors up to be an incredibly boring run to the finish, with James Acaster, Maya Jama, and King Kenny voted the ‘most faithful’ and given extra power at the roundtable in the form of a double vote for Kenny.
They used this to banish Joanne and then, after a brief interlude to kill Sharon, the castle was left gobsmacked by James Acaster outright admitting he is a traitor.
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This was far more dramatic (and emotional) than Richard E Grant’s episode one blunder with Acaster seeming to crack under the pressure of being pressed for the first time at a roundtable after faithfuls pieced together his murder in plain sight.
Now though the finale is set up for an epic showdown with Maya Jama and Kenny still in the game but Michael Sheen and the faithfuls hot on their tails.
When is the next episode of Celebrity Traitors 2026?
The Celebrity Traitors began on Thursday, 1 October with the second episode airing the following day.
The next episode will be on Friday 30 October, the finale, which will see Michael Sheen leading the faithful to try and take down Maya Jama and King Kenny as the remaining traitors.
All episodes can be viewed on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with episodes airing live at 8pm on their broadcast dates.
Full The Celebrity Traitors season 2 episode schedule
The Celebrity Traitors 2026 airs twice a week for its second season, returning weekly on Thursdays and Fridays.
There are 10 episodes this year, one more than in 2025 when Alan Carr won.
The schedule is as follows
- Episode one: Thursday, 1 October
- Episode two: Friday, 2 October
- Episode three: Thursday, 8 October
- Episode four: Friday, 9 October
- Episode five: Thursday, 15 October
- Episode six: Friday, 16 October
- Episode seven: Thursday, 22 October
- Episode eight: Friday, 23 October
- Episode nine: Thursday, 29 October
- Episode ten: Friday, 30 October
‘Traitor or Faithful? Claudia Decides’ on BBC iPlayer
As well as the usual Uncloaked programme with Ed Gamble which airs straight after, we also have a new addition for this series.
Traitor or Faithful? Claudia Decides takes a closer look at exactly how Claudia, along with the production team, made their selections for traitors and faithfuls on the show, with the BBC promising 'new information' in the bonus episode that aired on iPlayer at 9.15pm on 1 October. It can currently be watched on demand.
The Celebrity Traitors season 2 cast in full
With Maya Jama and King Kenny as the current Traitors, the show started off with 21 celebrities, including the likes of Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Michael Sheen and Miranda Hart, all of whom will be looking to win a huge sum for their selected charity.
READ MORE: Celebrity Traitors 2026 rich list revealed
The full cast can be seen below:
- Amol Rajan – Journalist and Broadcaster
- Bella Ramsey – Actor
- James Acaster – Comedian and Podcaster
- James Blunt – Singer/Songwriter
- Jerry Hall – Model and Actress
- Joanne McNally – Comedian
- Joe Lycett – Comedian
- Julie Hesmondhalgh – Actor
- King Kenny – Content Creator
- Leigh-Anne Pinnock – Singer/Songwriter
- Maya Jama – Broadcaster and Entrepreneur
- Michael Sheen – Actor and Presenter
- Miranda Hart – Actor and Author
- Myha’la – Actor
- Professor Hannah Fry – Broadcaster and Mathematician
- Richard E. Grant – Actor and Author
- Rob Beckett – Comedian
- Romesh Ranganathan – Comedian
- Ross Kemp – Actor and Presenter
- Sebastian Croft – Musician and Actor
- Sharon Rooney – Actor
Where is The Celebrity Traitors season 2 filmed?
Ardross Castle will once again be the home for the celebrity traitors in the Scottish Highlands, but as you might guess, they don't actually sleep in the castle at night.
Although we get the cut scenes of the celebrities doing a nighttime puzzle or reading a book in bed, they're actually staying in a hotel close to the airport in Inverness.
That's why we get the scenes in the morning where they are driven in by car, with the identities of those inside kept secret until they walk into breakfast, and the BBC production team even swap the orders around so that while we might think that they could deduce who the Faithful are, the reality is certainly not that simple.
The Celebrity Traitors ends with the finale episode, Friday, 30 October, on BBC One and BBC iPlayer
Topics: Claudia Winkleman, Entertainment, BBC, The Traitors
James Moorhouse