Hypothetical. Image shows from L to R: James Acaster, Josh Widdicombe. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Hypothetical

Hypothetical

  • TV panel show
  • Dave
  • 2019 - 2022
  • 32 episodes (4 series)

Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster host a panel show testing two teams of comedians on their ability to deal with a series of ridiculous scenarios.

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Series 1, Episode 8

Hypothetical. Image shows from L to R: David O'Doherty, James Acaster, Guz Khan, Sara Pascoe, Josh Widdicombe, Cariad Lloyd. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

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Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 27th March 2019
Time
10pm
Channel
Dave
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Saturday 30th March 2019 11:00pm Dave
Sunday 31st March 2019 10:00pm Dave
Tuesday 2nd April 2019 11:00pm Dave
Thursday 20th June 2019 10:00pm Dave
Thursday 21st May 2020 2:00am Dave
Friday 18th September 2020 9:40pm Dave
Wednesday 9th June 2021 1:35am Dave
Thursday 10th March 2022 12:00am Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Josh Widdicombe Host / Presenter
James Acaster Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Sara Pascoe Guest
Cariad Lloyd Guest
David O'Doherty Guest
Guz Khan Guest
Michaela Strachan Self
Writing team
Tom Craine Writer
Matthew Crosby Writer
Freya Parker Writer (Additional Material)
Tom Parry Writer (Additional Material)
Benjamin Partridge (as Ben Partridge) Writer (Additional Material)
Tom Neenan Writer (Additional Material)
Henry Paker Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
John L Spencer Director
Sophie Le Good Producer
Joe McVey Executive Producer
Stu Mather Executive Producer
Josh Widdicombe Executive Producer
Pascal Emmenegger Editor
Ben Telford Production Designer
Dominic Tolfts Production Designer
Lorna Gillieron Costume Designer
Coco Gerrard-Morgan Costume Designer
Samantha White Make-up Designer
Alice Bond Make-up Designer
Sophie Shoob Make-up Designer
Chris Kempton Lighting Designer
Sanjiv Sen Composer
Dave Whyte Graphics

Video

James Acaster's top 5 bags

Ever wondered what James Acaster's favourite bags were? Well here he is giving us his top 5 countdown.

Featuring: Josh Widdicombe & James Acaster.

Press

The show that sees comics imagine their way out of hypothetical situations reaches a triumphant conclusion with an edition in which Josh Widdicombe and his sidekick "sad flapjack creator" James Acaster launch ludicrous scenarios at Guz Khan, Cariad Lloyd, David O'Doherty and Sara Pascoe.

Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 27th March 2019

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