Overview

• The series launches Wednesday 8 October at 9pm on BBC One, with episode two on Thursday and a five-week, two-nights-a-week run, with coverage also on BBC iPlayer.
• Claudia Winkleman returns as host for the celebrity spin-off featuring 19 contestants including Stephen Fry, Alan Carr, Tom Daley, Paloma Faith, Charlotte Church, Clare Balding and Jonathan Ross.
• Celebrities compete to build a prize pot worth up to £100,000 that will be donated to their chosen charities.
• Producers implemented isolation, confiscated phones and controlled movements to keep Traitor identities secret during filming at the Scottish castle.
• Multiple outlets report a second celebrity series is effectively lined up before the debut, though official messaging frames any recommission as dependent on performance.