The Celebrity Traitors returned to BBC One in October 2026 for a second celebrity series, with 21 famous faces heading to Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands. Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the series ran for ten episodes and saw the Faithfuls and Traitors battle over a prize pot of up to £100,000, with the winners donating their share to charity. Below is the full cast of The Traitors 2026, with each name linking to a full profile covering their background, their journey through the castle, and the charity they played for.
The Celebrity Traitors Series 2 Cast
- Romesh Ranganathan — Faithful and joint winner, playing for the Refugee Council.
- Sebastian Croft — Faithful and joint winner, playing for Choose Love.
- Maya Jama — Traitor, banished in Episode 10, playing for Action for Children.
- James Acaster — Traitor recruited in Episode 2, banished in Episode 9, playing for Friends of the Earth Charitable Trust.
- Hannah Fry — Traitor recruited in Episode 3, banished in Episode 5, playing for the Alzheimer’s Society.
- Richard E. Grant — Original Traitor, banished in Episode 3, playing for Longfield Community Hospice.
- King Kenny — Traitor recruited in Episode 5, banished in Episode 10, playing for Rethink Mental Illness.
- Amol Rajan — Faithful, murdered in Episode 2, playing for The Louis Dundas Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
- Myha’la — Faithful, banished in Episode 3, playing for the Ford Foundation.
- Bella Ramsey — Faithful, murdered in Episode 4, playing for Bamboozle Theatre Company.
- Julie Hesmondhalgh — Faithful, banished in Episode 4, playing for Reubens’ Retreat.
- Rob Beckett — Faithful, murdered in Episode 5, playing for the Matt Palmer Trust.
- Joe Lycett — Faithful, banished in Episode 6, playing for Tamworth Wellbeing and Cancer Support Centre.
- Ross Kemp — Faithful, murdered in Episode 7, playing for the Haemophilia Society.
- Jerry Hall — Faithful, banished in Episode 7, playing for The King’s Trust.
- Miranda Hart — Faithful, murdered in Episode 8, playing for Astriid.
- Joanne McNally — Faithful, banished in Episode 9, playing for UNICEF.
- Sharon Rooney — Faithful, murdered in Episode 9, playing for Robin House Children’s Hospice.
- Michael Sheen — Faithful, murdered in Episode 10, playing for Tŷ Hafan.
- Leigh-Anne Pinnock — Faithful, banished in Episode 10, playing for the British Red Cross Society.
- James Blunt — Faithful, banished in Episode 10, playing for the Blue Marine Foundation.
About the Series
The Celebrity Traitors Series 2 began on 1 October 2026 and concluded on 30 October 2026. As in the civilian series, a small group of Traitors worked in secret to eliminate the Faithfuls, while the Faithfuls tried to unmask them at the nightly round tables. In the final, Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft emerged as the winning Faithfuls, taking £83,000 of the £100,000 prize pot for their chosen charities. Click any name above for a full biography, show journey, and facts about that cast member.