The Celebrity Traitors to return for second series in 2026

The Celebrity Traitors will return for a second series in 2026, the BBC has announced.

It comes after comedian Alan Carr was crowned champion of the reality gameshow’s first series last week, after he revealed he was a traitor to comedian Nick Mohammed and TV historian David Olusoga, who were faithfuls, taking all of the £87,500 prize pot for his charity.

Kalpna Patel-Knight, head of entertainment at the BBC, said: “Studio Lambert have done an outstanding job as The Celebrity Traitors has well and truly captivated the nation, becoming a bona fide highlight of the year bringing record numbers of people together to enjoy every twist and turn.

“In 2026 the doors of the castle will be opened again to welcome celebrity players to the game to see who can charm, who can scheme and ultimately who can survive in series two, which promises to be just as unmissable as the first.”

The BBC says episode one of the show’s first series is the biggest single episode on TV so far this year with 14.8 million views across 28 days, while its final saw an average of 11.1 million viewers with a peak of 12 million.

Alongside series two of The Celebrity Traitors, podcast agency Platform Media will produce new episodes of companion show The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked, available via BBC Sounds, BBC Two and iPlayer.

The programme’s first series saw a number of twists and turns, with Mohammed banishing former England rugby player Joe Marler, who he had built up a pact with, after becoming wrongly suspicious that he was a traitor.

Other popular moments saw actress Celia Imrie audibly pass wind during one of the show’s missions, and Carr murder his friend, singer Paloma Faith, at the first opportunity.

The show, which began with 19 celebrities, sees contestants try to detect the traitors in the group while completing a series of challenges to win funds to contribute towards the prize pot.

If at the end of the series a traitor is left among the finalists, the faithfuls, those who are not traitors, lose out on the money and the traitor wins the full prize.

The Celebrity Traitors series one is available to stream now on BBC iPlayer, while the first series of The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked is also available to stream now via BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer.