Series synopsis
Hypothetical is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC Two on February 6, 2019. It ended on July 6, 2022. It was created by Matthew Crosby, Tom Craine, Josh Widdicombe. It stars Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster.
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 ...
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Josh Widdicombe as Self - Host
- James Acaster as Self - Host
Guest cast
- Jonathan Ross as Self
- Sara Barron as Self
- Felicity Ward as Self
- Alex Brooker as Self
- Tom Davis as Self
- Jen Brister as Self
- Stephen Mangan as Self
- Tessa Coates as Self
- Charlie Brooker as Self
- Shaparak Khorsandi as Self
- Johnny Vegas as Self
- Zoe Lyons as Self
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 32 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | February 6, 2019 | March 27, 2019 |
| Season 2 | 8 | February 5, 2020 | March 25, 2020 |
| Season 3 | 8 | February 10, 2021 | March 31, 2021 |
| Season 4 | 8 | May 18, 2022 | July 6, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 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. |
February 6, 2019 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Romesh Ranganathan, Rachel Parris, Jon Richardson and Rose Matafeo. |
February 13, 2019 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Sara Pascoe, Lou Sanders, Nish Kumar and Ed Gamble. |
February 20, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Jonathan Ross, Maisie Adam, Sara Barron and Rob Beckett are posed increasingly absurd hypothetical situations. |
February 5, 2020 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Richard Ayoade, Sindhu Vee, Ed Gamble and Chloe Petts are posed increasingly absurd hypothetical situations. |
February 12, 2020 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Tom Allen, Felicity Ward, Sue Perkins and Alex Brooker are posed increasingly absurd hypothetical situations. |
February 19, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 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. |
February 10, 2021 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster pose ridiculous Hypothetical scenarios to Joe Wilkinson, Harriet Kemsley, Jessica Knappett and Miles Jupp. |
February 17, 2021 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster pose ridiculous Hypothetical scenarios to Richard Ayoade, Ivo Graham, Evelyn Mok and Roisin Conaty. |
February 24, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 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. |
May 18, 2022 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 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. |
May 25, 2022 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 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. |
June 1, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC Two |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 6, 2019 |
| Last aired | July 6, 2022 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 22:00:00 |