Overview
- Episode one aired on BBC One and iPlayer on 8 October, launching the celebrity edition at Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands.
- Host Claudia Winkleman selected Jonathan Ross, Cat Burns and Alan Carr as the Traitors after interviewing the 19 contestants.
- An opening graveyard challenge saw six players secure first‑murder immunity via shields: Ross, Joe Marler, Joe Wilkinson, Kate Garraway, Charlotte Church and Celia Imrie.
- The first team mission added £15,000 to the charity prize pot, which can reach up to £100,000 based on performance in challenges.
- The Traitors were tasked with carrying out a public ‘murder in plain sight’ using a ‘poison black lily,’ with the outcome set up as a cliffhanger ahead of tonight’s episode.