Reimagining the reality show as a Hollywood movie

Ruby Wax, Jessica Hynes and Iain Stirling have filmed a Traitors sketch for Comic Relief.

The premise of the show is that the  BBC reality show is being remade as a Hollywood movie, directed by Wax, with celebrities taking the roles of the traitors and faithfuls from the last series.

Anna Friel transforms into Claudia Winkleman with Vicky Pattison as Rachel, Scott Mills as James, Stirling as Stephen, Amanda Redman as Amanda, Alison Steadman as Fiona, Fleur East as Roxy, Lewis Cope as Jack and Hynes as Harriet.

The sketch – to be shown on Red Nose Day on Friday – was announced on Mills’s Radio 2 breakfast show this morning.

Speaking on the set of the sketch Traitors winner Stephen Libby said: ‘I’ve got Iain Stirling playing [me], and he might be in a jumpsuit number as well – so I think he may currently be crying in a dressing room somewhere trying to squeeze into that. Every year I’ve always watched Comic Relief, so to be part of it is just really amazing.’

The sketch was directed by Ed Bye, whose credits include Red Dwarf, Bottom and  French & Saunders.

Published: 18 Mar 2026