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Hypothetical

2019–2022 · 4 seasons

A breezy, laugh-out-loud panel show where silly hypotheticals spark witty banter and playful competition.

Created by
Tom Craine, Matthew Crosby
Genres
Comedy, Talk
Starring
Josh Widdicombe, James Acaster, Jonathan Ross
Overview
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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Stream in the UK
  • Sky Go
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Created by
Tom Craine, Matthew Crosby
Genres
Comedy, Talk
Starring
Josh Widdicombe, James Acaster, Jonathan Ross
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • identity
  • morality
  • media
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour9
Realism6
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight1

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Details

Genres
comedy, talk
Created by
Tom Craine, Matthew Crosby, Josh Widdicombe
Starring
Josh Widdicombe, James Acaster, Jonathan Ross, Sara Barron, Felicity Ward, Alex Brooker, Tom Davis, Jen Brister
Length
4 seasons, 32 episodes, 45 min each
Network
BBC Two, U&Dave
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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