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Hypothetical

Hypothetical

2019•45m•6.2/10
Comedy

Ratings

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6.2/10(5)

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.

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Production

Hat Trick Productions

Language

EN

Status

Canceled

First Aired

February 6, 2019

Last Aired

July 6, 2022

Networks

BBC Two, U&Dave

Created By

Matthew Crosby, Tom Craine, Josh Widdicombe

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 1
E1
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
E2
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
E3
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
E4
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
E5
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
E6
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
E7
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
E8
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.

Cast

Josh Widdicombe

Josh Widdicombe

Self - Host

James Acaster

James Acaster

Self - Host

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