Welcome to the castle - We got everything you want…we know the names | 2026 Celebrity Traitors Thread 6 [TV Pace]

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Bloody hell, you lot filled that last thread up faster than I expected!

Previous thread: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5591799-welcome-to-the-castle-watch-it-bring-you-to-your-knees-2026-celebrity-traitors-thread-5-tv-pace?page=1

This is a tv pace thread so make sure you’re up to date with the live broadcast and yes, previous series (regular and celeb) will be discussed!

Please no spoilers if you read them online!

The story so far (as at end of episode 8)

Traitors (still active)
Maya Jama
James Acaster (recruited)
King Kenny (recruited)

Faithful

James Blunt
Joanne McNally
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Michael Sheen
Romesh Ranganathan
Sebastian Croft
Sharon Rooney

Murdered
Amol Rajan
Bella Ramsey
Rob Beckett
RossKemp
Miranda Hart

Banished
Richard E Grant (Traitor)
Myha’la
Julie Hesmondhalgh
Professor Hannah Fry (recruited Traitor)
Joe Lycett
Jerry Hall

For these that want to keep up with Claudia’s outfits: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a73628412/celebrity-traitors-claudia-winkleman-outfits/

I agree but sadly he has said he won’t do it.

Yes, I thought she came across as a sulky cow. Maybe it was just the editing.

I also need to re-watch for similar reasons! I had thought that she had said or tried to say that James A had indicated that he didn’t want the special power, but they had ignored her. She then became stroppy and a bit sulky but (a) that could be all in the edit and (b) if not, maybe they did just disregard her comment in which case she was perhaps annoyed legitimately with them. However, Sharon had the air of someone who had given up and didn’t really want to be there by that stage.

Michael and James B are getting on my nerves. They're both used to taking charge and keep doing it, but they couldn't be more wrong! I wish they'd both take a step back and let someone else lead a task and a round table discussion.

Not really. There are ways and ways of doing things.

I'm not sad it's ending next week as I very much feel they are all running out of steam.

I feel a bit like that this time. I've kind of got bored of it before it's over. Just when it should be cranking right up ...

I think the fact the traitors have just sat quietly and gone under the radar has actually made it quite boring. It was much more fun when Richardy squared up to the cannon! And around the time Hannah went out was a bit more lively. But it is just petering out to an irritable sort of elimination process now. I miss Alan!

Yes, the producers scored an ace last year by booking Alan and making him a traitor. He could easily have been banished within two days, but he was brilliant!

This series is showing that unfortunately, that kind of TV gold isn't easy to replicate.

Exactly this. It wasn’t even just the aggressive reaction to having the finger pointed at her. It was also afterwards when she came upon Miranda and Sharon alone. The interaction was awkward but her comment that Miranda would make a good politician was so bitchy.

I think maybe she is just feeling very pressured by it all. I don't know why it seems to have gone that way this time. Several of them seem to feel under pressure, as if they have forgotten it is just a game.

Apologies for the late reply, but DH was away in the first half of May and certainly back well before June, which would agree with @Cheshireflamingo's friend's observation about filming dates.

The locals DH was staying with confirmed that the Celebrity Traitors was being filmed while he was there. He's been staying in the same place for over 30 years so I don't think they were having him on.

If the celebrities fly home after they have been banished or murdered, why don't we get reports of people spotting them at the airport and elsewhere in the country while filming was still going on?
I remember the publicity photos which indicated the celebrities were arriving by showing people (assumed to be their drivers) at Inverness airport holding cards with their names on, so we knew who they were and when filming was happening.

It's been mentioned before, but Joe Marler's podcast (Joe Marler Will See You Now) is a great listen/watch. The episode with Celia Imrie is joyous.

But it does highlight how much is lacking this series, compared to last - amongst many things, the cheeky sparkle of someone like Celia. Richardy had the potential, but we all know what happened there.

I am trying to appreciate this series in its own right, but as the anticipation was based on how brilliantly engaging last series was, it's tricky.

I haven't even finished the last episode yet (but have read thread so know what happens). Would have been unheard of last time.

Is it the edit or is the best they have to work with?
Would Amol have made a better recruit than James A at the start?
REG blurting out that he was a traitor ruined the dynamics at the start. But then Joe asked him that. So who the hell knows, he’d have been asked at some point, so he may have spilled the beans anyhow.

@DHWasNearArdrossWhenCelebrityTraitorsWasFilmed I didn’t think they did fly home, they just stayed in the hotel until filming had finished otherwise the daily mail would have had pictures of them flying home or is that just for the civilian one?

You're not being clear. 'other than' means you DO see intimidating things about her.
Do you mean 'I just can’t see how anyone would find Joanne intimidating, it's just her Irish ways.'?

I think we're slightly missing each other.
My only point was that Miranda had already forgotten there was someone on her other side, well before the RT; she mentioned at the end of the game having Joanne and Maya on each side of her, but then stopped talking about Maya altogether.

I am probably being too cynical but I do fear that a lot of this is manipulation by the production team. It beggars belief that somebody reasonably intelligent like Miranda would only focus on Joanne and not even consider Maya when thinking about the creaky floorboards.

I think everyone always feels pressured in the game (e.g. Alan's tears!), but the problem this year is that people either don't seem very emotionally resilient or they're just not engaging much. I miss the intelligent discussions at the Round Table from the last series.

I see what you mean, but I suspect the pressure in the castle is hard for us to really appreciate. It's so different from normal life. I think things like not knowing what time it is, being 'institutionalised' in the sense of getting fed meals someone else has chosen and being driven to and from the place on a schedule that's not yours, the looming threat of the RT, and of course trying to play the game/never knowing who you can actually trust and not, would play havoc with anyone's mind and emotions and cloud people's judgement and thinking.

The floorboard theory probably strengthened any suspicion Miranda had about Joanne to the detriment of not considering who was on her other side in the puzzle mission.
Rabbit holes are serious traps in the game!
After her exit we saw that Miranda didn’t even consider Maya as a traitor (can’t recall if she had her as a faithful).

While not the same someone I know was on I’m a Celebrity. They were voted out fairly early on and then had to stay in a nearby hotel until it all finished. They feel they got the much better end of the deal!

I see where you are coming from and you might well be right. Also the edit has a lot to do with it. For all we know it might have been discussed but just not shown.

I do find it frustrating when they show you everybody homing in on somebody at the round table only for them to vote for somebody else.

I know, this season's edit in particular seems to miss out a lot.
We didn't see Miranda's amazing friendship with Joe, we just have her word to go on.
And they often say things like, 'You've been talking a bit about Michael/Jerry/whoever' but we haven't seen any of that. Even the thing about Michael 'leading' the RT I don't feel like we really see.

Totally this!

I like Joanne (not her nails though )
I hope Sharon stays though. she is getting more confident.

I think it was when she first mentioned it to Joanne that Joanne got really angry. That was before the RT because remember Miranda opened the RT by stating she was debunking it. So I think she realised what heat it was generating and just backtracked the whole thing, without developing it or moving on to consider Maya on her other side.

Anyway, it is what it is now, but it was a shame to lose Miranda.