Comedian Joe Lycett is participating in the second season of the BBC show "The Celebrity Traitors", which will air this autumn. The game takes place in a Scottish Highlands castle and features 21 celebrity contestants trying to identify murderers among them. Speaking on Hits Radio, Lycett revealed he was initially apprehensive about some co-stars but ended up getting along with all of them. The first season of the show drew 15.4 million viewers for its finale, according to the BBC.
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Joe Lycett, a comedian who appears in the BBC show "Celebrity Traitors", was initially apprehensive about some of his co-stars. He is 38 years old and one of 21 stars taking part in the second series, which will air in autumn. The show, set in a castle in the Scottish Highlands, involves contestants trying to identify murderous traitors among them. Lycett spoke on the Hits Radio Breakfast Show about his initial concerns, but said he got along with everyone and was surprised by how well they all worked together. He also admitted to breaking the terms of his non-disclosure agreement by asking others if they were participating in the show.
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The comedian, 38, is among the 21 stars taking part in the second series of the hit BBC show, which will air in autumn.
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Set in a castle in the Scottish Highlands, the game follows the celebrity contestants – the majority of whom are known as faithfuls – as they try to seek out the murderous traitors among them, who kill off players in the middle of the night.
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Speaking on the Hits Radio Breakfast Show, Lycett admitted he was apprehensive about some of his famous co-stars.
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He said: “I got on with everyone, and I thought there were certain people I wouldn’t get on with when I saw the line-up.
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“You don’t know the line-up but I think they published it two days before we went in and I was like, ‘oh God’, I talked about actors and there was loads of them but there wasn’t a single person in there that I didn’t get on with.
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“I asked (comedienne) Joanne McNally, who is one of my favourite people in the world, and she said ‘I’m in as well’, so the comics sort of worked out who was in because we all talk to teach other.”
Lycett also admitted he broke the terms of his non-disclosure agreement, adding: “We weren’t meant to ask people if they were doing it – you sign the NDA and they say don’t tell anyone you’re doing it, but if you search the word ‘traitors’ in my WhatsApp I told everyone!
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I was telling Uber drivers, I was telling everyone.”
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They are joined by social media star King Kenny, singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock, presenter Maya Jama, comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, and actors Miranda Hart, Michael Sheen, Myha’la, Richard E Grant, Ross Kemp, Sebastian Croft and Sharon Rooney.
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The first series of The Celebrity Traitors aired on the BBC last autumn, with its nail-biting finale hitting a peak of 15.4 million viewers, according to the broadcaster.
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