Hypothetical

6.2

SeriesComedy, Talk20194 Seasons

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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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.

Created by: Matthew Crosby, Tom Craine, Josh Widdicombe
Genres: Comedy, Talk
Status: Canceled
First aired: February 6, 2019
Last aired: July 6, 2022
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 32
Episode length: 45m
Language: English
Countries: United Kingdom
Networks: BBC Two, U&Dave
Production: Hat Trick Productions