Bella Ramsey joins 21-star Celebrity Traitors series two line-up

Bella Ramsey is among 21 people joining the second series of The Celebrity Traitors, which will air this autumn. The actor is one of six named performers set to lean on their screen experience as the celebrity version returns with Claudia Winkleman at the helm.

21 players for charity

The new run brings together 21 presenters, comedians, actors and musicians, all competing for £100,000 for a charity of their choice. Ramsey, Myha'la, Michael Sheen, Jerry Hall, Sharon Rooney and Julie Hesmondhalgh will use their skills to persuade the other players that they are faithfuls.

That charity prize keeps the show pointed away from personal gain, which gives the format a different pressure point from a standard entertainment competition. It also means the room for error is smaller: each player has to protect both their own position and the outcome for a charity attached to their name.

Claudia Winkleman returns

Claudia Winkleman comes back as host for the second celebrity series, which will run for ten hour-long episodes. The structure suggests a longer, slower burn than a short-format reality run, with more room for the game to shift around the players who can read the room fastest.

Alan Carr's 15.4m finale

The first series ended with 15.4 million people watching Alan Carr win the finale, and the latest regular series in January drew more than 12 million viewers per episode. Those numbers explain why the celebrity version has been expanded into another full run rather than treated as a one-off experiment.

For viewers, the practical takeaway is simple: the lineup is set around a cast built to play on familiarity, and autumn brings ten episodes of that setup rather than a single special. If the first series is any guide, the contest will not be decided by profile alone, but by who can stay convincing long enough to reach the end.