Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster return to Dave for a second series of Hypothetical

UKTV suggests another Hypothetical series for Widdicombe and Acaster.

“I am absolutely delighted Dave have turned the hypothetical Hypothetical second series into a reality. I know no one outside of the industry really reads these quotes so I would like to take this chance to say the success of the show is all down to the team’s hard work and late nights. Now that’s done I look forward to James and I publicly taking all the credit for the show when it comes out.” – Josh Widdicombe

Stand-up stars Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are back with another series of the bonkers theoretical comedy show Hypothetical for a second, eight part series. It’s the show that asks the questions that no one else has asked, and no one knows how to answer – questions such as “how would you stop the assassination of JFK if you were a cat?”,“how much would you have to be paid to wear boxing gloves for a year?”, and of course, “big hat or small hat?”.

Josh poses the tricky hypotheticals to a panel of four comic guests, and James dishes out the points on a seemingly random basis. The first run of Hypothetical reached 4.5 million viewers across the eight episodes and is one of UKTV Play’s most popular shows of 2019.

With the return of Hypothetical, Dave continues to assert its commitment to being the home of big name British comic talent, with Taskmaster, Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier, Meet The Richardsons, Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply, Judge Romesh, and scripted comedies Sliced and Porters. Expedition with Steve Backshall, UKTV’sco-production with BBC, airs later in the year.

UKTV’s Dave: Freeview 19, Sky 111, Virgin 127, YouView 19, Freesat 157, BT & TalkTalk 19

“The second series of  Hypotheticalis going to be bigger, braver and more hypotheticaler than before! Widdicombe called me up and told me to suit up in my finest corduroys because it’s time to ask the questions most folk are too scared to ask to the people most folk are too scared to gaze upon. I’ve been wearing the big hat and the small hat on alternate days in preparation. I’ve got a pocketful of points and I’m keen to dish them out! They’re weighing me down! I’m lugging these points around everywhere with me and I need to lighten the load! I’ll give them to whoever I can! As long as they give me a satisfying answer to a hypothetical question.” – James Acaster