Hypothetical

Synopsis

Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical situations and scored on how well they would deal with them. Over three rounds, two teams of comedians must think fast as they are faced with a series of completely made-up scenarios and interrogated on their approach to each one. Host Josh Widdicombe poses the questions and interrogates the guests' methods, whilst James Acaster, as arbiter of the Hypotheticals, deals with the guests quibbles and queries and doles out the points.

First Air Date: 2019-02-06

Last Air Date: 2022-07-06

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 32

Created By: Matthew Crosby, Tom Craine, Josh Widdicombe

Networks: BBC Two, U&Dave

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Top Cast

Josh Widdicombe as Self - Host
James Acaster as Self - Host
Sara Pascoe as Self
Guz Khan as Self
Rosie Jones as Self
Richard Ayoade as Self
Maisie Adam as Self
Rob Beckett as Self
Roisin Conaty as Self
Phil Wang as Self

Seasons

Series 1 (2019) - (8 Episodes)

Series 2 (2020) - (8 Episodes)

Series 3 (2021) - (8 Episodes)

Series 4 (2022) - (8 Episodes)

Series 1 (2019)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2019-02-06)

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster pose absurd theoretical situations to Tom Allen, Rob Beckett, Jessica Knappett and Liza Tarbuck who are then scored on how well they deal with them.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2019-02-13)

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Romesh Ranganathan, Rachel Parris, Jon Richardson and Rose Matafeo.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2019-02-20)

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Sara Pascoe, Lou Sanders, Nish Kumar and Ed Gamble.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2019-02-27)

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Romesh Ranganathan, Rosie Jones, Kerry Godliman and Matt Forde.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2019-03-06)

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Dara O Briain, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Suzi Ruffell and Nish Kumar.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2019-03-13)

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Roisin Conaty, Phil Wang, Victoria Coren Mitchell and Darren Harriott.
Ep. 7: Episode 7 (2019-03-20)

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Katherine Ryan, John Robins, Ivo Graham and Cariad Lloyd.
Ep. 8: Episode 8 (2019-03-27)

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by David O'Doherty, Guz Khan, Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd.