May 18, 2022
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.
Hypothetical
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
Season 4 Episodes
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May 25, 2022
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.
Jun 1, 2022
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.
Jun 8, 2022
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster present another round of scenarios we may or may not like to see - their guests this time are Jack Dee, Guz Khan, Suzi Ruffell and Rose Johnson.
Jun 15, 2022
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster host more celebs tasked with making the absurd plausible - their guests this time are Frank Skinner, Rosie Jones, Jon Richardson and Esther Manito.
Jun 22, 2022
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster welcome more celebrities to the realm of the (im)possible - their guests this time are Liza Tarbuck, Judi Love, Josh Pugh and Amy Gledhill.
Jun 29, 2022
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster challenge more celebrities to square the theoretical circle - their guests this time are Ross Noble, Lou Sanders, Angela Barnes and Sunil Patel.
Jul 6, 2022
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are joined by Victoria Coren-Mitchell, Rosie Jones, Isy Suttie and Toussaint Douglass to test more theoretically absurd scenarios.
Season 4 FAQ
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
When did Hypothetical Season 4 premiere?
Hypothetical Season 4 premiered on May 18, 2022.
How many episodes are in Hypothetical Season 4?
Hypothetical Season 4 has 8 episodes.
What is the first episode of Hypothetical Season 4?
The season opens with Season 4 Episode 1, "Episode 1". It aired on May 18, 2022.
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