BBC's Celebrity Traitors adds HUGE comedian to lineup promising most exciting show yet

One of the UK's astir celebrated comedians is said to beryllium the latest celebrated look to articulation Celebrity Traitors

Alan Carr is the latest prima reported to person signed up for Celebrity Traitors.

Revealed exclusively by the Mirror aft its archetypal occurrence successful December 2022, the amusement volition diagnostic immoderate well-known enthusiasts and is acceptable for different circular of hosting by Claudia Winkleman. Celebrity Traitors is acceptable to deed our screens aft the 3rd bid of the archetypal amusement successful January.

The British funnyman, 48, volition articulation his pal Jennifer Saunders, 66, connected the personage mentation of the deed BBC elimination crippled amusement - which is hosted by Claudia Winkleman - and bosses are said to person chosen him to juxtapose the "more sensible" stars poised to instrumentality portion successful the competition, including ITV News' Political Editor Robert Peston, 64.

A root said: "Alan is an implicit nationalist treasure and volition beryllium an unthinkable contestant - he'll marque large telly arsenic good arsenic being a apical player."

"Bosses are thrilled astatine the benignant of scenes that could play retired arsenic helium grapples with the much sensible names connected the line-up arsenic good arsenic him giggling distant with pals similar Jennifer."

"He has been 1 of viewers' imagination signings since the thought of a personage mentation was archetypal floated truthful everyone is thrilled talks are successful last stages," they added to The Sun.

Comedy duo Daisy May Cooper and her member Charlie are besides believed to person been snapped up by BBC bosses, with an insider precocious telling The Sun: "Bosses are convinced Daisy and Charlie volition beryllium large players."

"They're hilarious, witty and person award-winning acting skills." They volition reportedly beryllium joined by TV presenter Clare Balding, 53, retired Olympic diving sensation Tom Daley, 30, and histrion Stephen Fry, 67.

The Coopers changeable to fame successful 2014 erstwhile they co-wrote and featured successful the BBC award-winning mockumentary 'This Country'.

Daisy and Charlie played Cotswolds-based cousins Kerry and Lee 'Kurtan' Mucklowe. After attracting 4 cardinal viewers a nighttime with this year's bid of ' The Traitors ', a 3rd instalment of the civilian amusement is acceptable to aerial aboriginal adjacent year.

A BBC spokesperson commented: "The Traitors is simply a crippled that includes lies and deception, frankincense it would beryllium foolhardy for immoderate Faithful to speculate earlier the crippled has begun."

BBC's unscripted boss, Kate Phillips, couldn't fell her excitement astir seeing immoderate celebrated faces conflict connected the show. She precocious revealed: "The radical we've spoken to, presenters, actors, experts - they each deliberation they tin play the game. That's the joyousness of the format. I'm truly looking guardant to celebrities making immense mistakes and falling connected their swords. I deliberation it volition beryllium large fun."

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