The Celebrity Traitors returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Thursday (October 1) at 8pm with an extra-long opening episode. Claudia Winkleman is back as host as 21 celebrities head to the Scottish Highlands to play the social deduction game.
When to watch and what to expect
The series will have 10 episodes, one more than the first series, airing two nights a week on Thursday and Friday evenings at 8pm. Sister show Traitors: Uncloaked will follow each main episode on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, hosted by Ed Gamble, with banished and murdered players plus previous celebrity and non-celebrity players joining for a debrief.
The 21 celebrities taking part
The confirmed cast includes: Amol Rajan, Bella Ramsey, James Acaster, James Blunt, Jerry Hall, Joanne McNally, Joe Lycett, Julie Hesmondhalgh, King Kenny, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Maya Jama, Michael Sheen, Miranda Hart, Myha'la, Professor Hannah Fry, Richard E Grant, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Ross Kemp, Sebastian Croft and Sharon Rooney.
Bookies' favourites
According to the latest odds from the Online Betting Guide (OLGB), Joanne McNally and Michael Sheen are joint favourites at 6/1. James Blunt follows at 13/2, Bella Ramsey is priced at 7/1 and Maya Jama at 8/1. Other odds include James Acaster and Joe Lycett at 9/1, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Sharon Rooney, Jerry Hall, Professor Hannah Fry, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Miranda Hart and Romesh Ranganathan at 10/1, Rob Beckett and Ross Kemp at 12/1, Richard E Grant at 14/1, Sebastian Croft at 16/1, Amol Rajan and Myha'la at 20/1, and King Kenny at 25/1. The prices reflect how the betting market currently ranks the celebrities, although odds can change as the series gets under way.
