The BBC has released a first look trailer at the Celebrity Traitors on Saturday as it officially confirmed its launch date.
Claudia Winkleman appeared on screen in the intense 40-second clip just moments after signing off from the first episode of Strictly Come Dancing’s new series.
It saw the 53-year-old as she welcomed the famous faces to the roundtable for the very first time.
Walking in circle motions, she told them: ‘Welcome. But don’t get comfortable.
‘This game doesn’t care who you are. In here, your glamorous lives count for nothing.’
As the celebrities all appeared tense, Claudia added: ‘Most of you will be murdered. Sorry about that.’
The BBC has released a first look trailer at the Celebrity Traitors on Saturday as it officially confirmed its launch date
Claudia Winkleman appeared on screen in the intense 40-second clip just moments after signing off from the first episode of Strictly Come Dancing’s new series
It was then revealed the Celebrity Traitors will officially kick off on Wednesday 8 October at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
Bosses also confirmed fans will be treated to a bumper-long episode that is 70 minutes in duration.
The series will then continue to air over two nights a week, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 9pm.
The celebrities will play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning a cash prize up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.
Appearing on the star-studded debut series are Alan Carr, Cat Burns, Clare Balding, David Olusoga, Joe Marle, Celia Imrie, Charlotte Church, Joe Wilkinson, Jonathan Ross and Kate Garraway.
Completing the lineup is Lucy Beaumont, Mark Bonnar, Nick Mohammed, Niko Omilana, Paloma Faith, Ruth Codd, Stephen Fry, Tameka Empson and Tom Daley.
Meanwhile, the BBC has also announced the civilian series of The Traitors will return for a fifth series, with applications now open.
Mark Bonnar recently revealed that the cast of Celebrity Traitors have a group WhatsApp chat together, after filming the hotly-anticipated show earlier this year.
The clip, which aired on BBC One, saw Claudia welcome the famous faces to the roundtable for the very first time
The Strictly host was worlds away from the ballroom as she walked in circle motions, telling them: ‘Welcome. But don’t get comfortable’
Claudia added to the stars: ‘This game doesn’t care who you are. In here, your glamorous lives count for nothing’
The Scottish actor, 56, was one of the 19 famous faces who arrived at Ardross Castle in April, to put their cunningness to the test.
Speaking about his time filming the show, Mark admitted that he was keen to sign up as he, his wife Lucy Gaskell, and their children, Martha, 14, and Samuel, 10, were all fans of the BBC series.
While he gushed over getting to mingle with his fellow stars in the castle, revealing that the cast still keep in touch on WhatsApp.
He told The Sunday Times: ‘We watch The Traitors as a family, so I knew Lucy and the kids would be excited if I did it.
‘It’s so intense — you have no phone, so all you think about is the show. The line-up was pretty starry.
‘Stephen Fry has been omnipresent in my life — I watched Blackadder growing up — and I loved chatting to Jonathan Ross about Nirvana. It’s mad being in a Traitors WhatsApp group with them all.’
Stephen himself gave an insight into his ’emotionally violent’ stint on the series, likening the experience to ‘a Chinese foot massage’ as he praised the programme.
The Celebrity Traitors will officially kick off on Wednesday 8 October at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer
The highly anticipated series will continue to air over two nights a week, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 9pm
The celebrities will play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning a cash prize up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice
Speaking on The Show People podcast, the actor, 67, explained: ‘It was a bit like a Chinese foot massage. You know it is absolutely agony but you sort of want to do it again. It is emotionally violent but you kind of love it.
‘Obviously, I can’t say a word about what is in this recently recorded celebrity version I suppose. I am certainly not telling you if I am a traitor or a faithful. I am one or the other.
‘I have said no to any number of Strictlys and Get Me Out of Heres as it is just not my kind of thing. But this, I watched the first and second series and it is such a clever game.’
He added: ‘It’s so extraordinary what it does to the ps
