{"id":47627,"date":"2024-03-12T12:20:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2007705"},"modified":"2024-03-12T14:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T13:07:14","slug":"suranne-jones-and-catherine-tate-join-the-traitors-the-movie-for-comic-relief","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/suranne-jones-and-catherine-tate-join-the-traitors-the-movie-for-comic-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Suranne Jones and Catherine Tate join The Traitors: The Movie for Comic Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Jonathan Bailey, Asim Chaudhry and Sally Phillips are among the other stars set to play popular contestants from the beloved reality series. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 11:20 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Suranne Jones and Catherine Tate are among the stars set to appear in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/comic-relief-2024-tv-schedule\/\">Comic Relief<\/a> sketch based on the hugely popular reality series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-traitors-season-2-cast-line-up\/\">The Traitors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/vigil-season-2-review-new-setting-generic\/\">Vigil<\/a> star Jones will take on the role of host Claudia Winkleman in The Traitors: The Movie, which will air during the annual Red Nose Day fundraising programme on BBC One this Friday (15th March).<\/p>\n<p>Tate will play a dual role as both Evie and Charlie, while other stars include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/bridgerton-season-3-release-date-2\/\">Bridgerton<\/a>\u2018s Jonathan Bailey as series winner Harry, Sally Phillips as fan favourite Faithful Diane, and Asim Chaudhry as everyone\u2019s favourite sleuth, Jaz \u2013 aka Jazatha Christie.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, David Walliams plays series villain Paul, Kiell Smith-Bynoe is Miles, Iain Stirling takes on the role of Ross and defeated finalist Mollie Pearce will make \u201ca very special cameo\u201d appearance playing herself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udce2 The Traitors&#8230; The Movie!<br\/><br\/>Suranne Jones becomes Claudia Winkleman in a new sketch for Red Nose Day, featuring Jonathan Bailey, Catherine Tate, Sally Phillips and many more \ud83d\udd25<br\/><br\/>\ud83d\udcfa 7pm, Fri 15 March on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCOne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCOne<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCiPlayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCiPlayer<\/a><br\/><br\/>Details \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WYLQK4Ts0w\">https:\/\/t.co\/WYLQK4Ts0w<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PT60EPLrxL\">pic.twitter.com\/PT60EPLrxL<\/a><\/p>\u2014 BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcpress\/status\/1767272374422925548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">According to the BBC, the skit will make reference to several of the most iconic moments from the hit show\u2019s second season, including Jazatha Christie being ignored, Ross\u2019s infamous wink, Diane\u2019s untimely murder and the Traitors turning on each other at the roundtable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/comic-relief-2024-tv-schedule\/\">When is Comic Relief 2024? TV schedule, sketches and latest news<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/lenny-henry-comic-relief-exit-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Lenny Henry explains why he\u2019s stepping down as Comic Relief host after nearly 40 years<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Speaking about the sketch, Jones said it was an \u201cabsolute thrill\u201d to be cast as Claudia, especially given she\u2019s long wanted to take part in Comic Relief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cI watched The Traitors and I love Claudia, so everything is done with love as I step into her shoes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cThe most important thing is we are raising money for really important causes. So we are having fun, but the main thing will always be the causes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bailey said that being invited to in the sketch \u201cis the proudest moment of my career so far\u201d, and described The Traitors as \u201cmy all-time favourite TV series\u201d.<\/p> <p>He added: \u201cI would be star-struck if I met any one of them. I\u2019m sure I am the first in a long line of actors who will play Harry in biopics. Actually, I want to take this moment to publicly apologise to Harry for what I\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Meanwhile, Mollie said: \u2018\u201dRed Nose Day is a great cause and something I\u2019ve grown up watching. When I read the script, I thought it was so funny and great entertainment, it\u2019s nice to make people laugh and smile after such an intense series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cI don\u2019t think I have really had time to process being asked to be involved in the sketch. When I got the call, I was running around the house with my mum screaming. I feel very privileged and very lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"baa4c270a08a28606d094d97d4719ac877006e11\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"Tw3-XowQ\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"Tw3-XowQ\" content-id=\"baa4c270a08a28606d094d97d4719ac877006e11\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>The Traitors: The Movie will air during Comic Relief: Funny for Money on 15th March from 7pm, on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. 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