About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. Episode 1
6.0Aired 10 February 2021 • 45 min
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.
2. Episode 2
6.0Aired 17 February 2021 • 45 min
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster pose ridiculous Hypothetical scenarios to Joe Wilkinson, Harriet Kemsley, Jessica Knappett and Miles Jupp.
3. Episode 3
6.0Aired 24 February 2021 • 45 min
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster pose ridiculous Hypothetical scenarios to Richard Ayoade, Ivo Graham, Evelyn Mok and Roisin Conaty.
4. Episode 4
6.0Aired 3 March 2021 • 45 min
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.
5. Episode 5
6.0Aired 10 March 2021 • 45 min
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Judi Love, Chris McCausland, Alan Davies and Liza Tarbuck.
6. Episode 6
6.0Aired 17 March 2021 • 45 min
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Huge Davies, Joel Dommett, Sally Phillips and Helen Bauer.
7. Episode 7
6.0Aired 24 March 2021 • 45 min
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Jo Brand, Jess Fostekew, Phil Wang and Ellie Taylor.
8. Episode 8
6.0Aired 31 March 2021 • 45 min
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Sue Perkins, Sara Pascoe, Dane Baptiste and Sindhu Vee.