Hypothetical

Hypothetical

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.

Comedy

Seasons

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 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.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2019-02-13

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Romesh Ranganathan, Rachel Parris, Jon Richardson and Rose Matafeo.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2019-02-20

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Sara Pascoe, Lou Sanders, Nish Kumar and Ed Gamble.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2019-02-27

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Romesh Ranganathan, Rosie Jones, Kerry Godliman and Matt Forde.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2019-03-06

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Dara O Briain, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Suzi Ruffell and Nish Kumar.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2019-03-13

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Roisin Conaty, Phil Wang, Victoria Coren Mitchell and Darren Harriott.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2019-03-20

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Katherine Ryan, John Robins, Ivo Graham and Cariad Lloyd.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2019-03-27

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

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2020-02-05

Jonathan Ross, Maisie Adam, Sara Barron and Rob Beckett are posed increasingly absurd hypothetical situations.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2020-02-12

Richard Ayoade, Sindhu Vee, Ed Gamble and Chloe Petts are posed increasingly absurd hypothetical situations.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2020-02-19

Tom Allen, Felicity Ward, Sue Perkins and Alex Brooker are posed increasingly absurd hypothetical situations.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2020-02-26

Angela Barnes, Guz Khan, Tom Davis and Harriet Kemsley are posed increasingly absurd hypothetical situations.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2020-03-04

Nish Kumar, Jen Brister, Rob Beckett and Lou Sanders are posed increasingly absurd hypothetical situations.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2020-03-11

Stephen Mangan, Tessa Coates, Charlie Brooker and Shappi Khorsandi are posed increasingly absurd hypothetical situations.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2020-03-18

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2020-03-25

Comedy game show hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, in which Jamali Maddix, Laura Lexx, Rosie Jones and Joe Lycett are posed increasingly absurd hypothetical situations.

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2021-02-10

Hypothetical is a back and more absurd than ever. Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster pose ridiculous Hypothetical scenarios to Suzi Ruffell, Tom Allen, Sophie Duker and Desiree Burch.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2021-02-17

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster pose ridiculous Hypothetical scenarios to Joe Wilkinson, Harriet Kemsley, Jessica Knappett and Miles Jupp.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2021-02-24

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster pose ridiculous Hypothetical scenarios to Richard Ayoade, Ivo Graham, Evelyn Mok and Roisin Conaty.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2021-03-03

Victoria Coren Mitchell, Joe Sutherland, Maisie Adam and Ed Gamble must think fast as their answers will be ruthlessly interrogated by host Josh Widdicombe and his co-host and arbiter of the Hypotheticals, James Acaster.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2021-03-10

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Judi Love, Chris McCausland, Alan Davies and Liza Tarbuck.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2021-03-17

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Huge Davies, Joel Dommett, Sally Phillips and Helen Bauer.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2021-03-24

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Jo Brand, Jess Fostekew, Phil Wang and Ellie Taylor.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2021-03-31

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Sue Perkins, Sara Pascoe, Dane Baptiste and Sindhu Vee.

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2022-05-18

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster ask more celebrities to delve into the depths of improbability - their guests this time are Richard Ayoade, Guz Khan, Maisie Adam and Chloe Petts.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2022-05-25

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster challenge more celebrities to embrace the absurd - their guests this time are Dara O Briain, Roisin Conaty, Phil Wang and Ninia Benjamin.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2022-06-01

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster host as more celebrities attempt to put the unreal into reality - their guests this time are Bill Bailey, Jo Brand, Harriet Kemsley and Darren Harriott.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2022-06-08

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster present another round of scenarios we may or may not like to see - their guests this time are Jack Dee, Guz Khan, Suzi Ruffell and Rose Johnson.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2022-06-15

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster host more celebs tasked with making the absurd plausible - their guests this time are Frank Skinner, Rosie Jones, Jon Richardson and Esther Manito.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2022-06-22

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster welcome more celebrities to the realm of the (im)possible - their guests this time are Liza Tarbuck, Judi Love, Josh Pugh and Amy Gledhill.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2022-06-29

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster challenge more celebrities to square the theoretical circle - their guests this time are Ross Noble, Lou Sanders, Angela Barnes and Sunil Patel.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2022-07-06

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Victoria Coren-Mitchell, Rosie Jones, Isy Suttie and Toussaint Douglass to test more theoretically absurd scenarios.

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Rating

7.0/10

Release Date

2019-02-06

Episodes

32 (4 seasons)

Status

Canceled

Cast

Videos

Production Companies

Hat Trick Productions

Hat Trick Productions