List of Argumental episodes

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Argumental is a Dave comedy panel game television show that was first broadcast between 2008 and 2011. It was created by Ricky Kelehar, and was hosted by John Sergeant until the end of Series 3 after which Sean Lock took over for the fourth series. In each episode two teams of two panelists, a blue team and a red team, debated and argued on various topics, with the studio audience voting for who they thought put forward the best case. For the first three series the blue team was captained by Rufus Hound while the red team was captained by Marcus Brigstocke, for the fourth series the captains were Robert Webb (blue) and Seann Walsh (red).

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In total 49 episodes were broadcast, 44 regular editions and five clip shows. A Comic Relief special was broadcast as part of the 24 Hour Panel People marathon with David Walliams as host, but this does not count to the official number of episodes. All 49 official episodes were first broadcast on UKTV channel Dave, with four episodes from the second series additionally being shown on BBC Two.

Episode list

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

  – indicates the blue team (Rufus/Robert) won
  – indicates the red team (Marcus/Seann) won
  – indicates the game ended in a draw

Series 1

No.EpisodeBroadcastRufus' guestMarcus' guestWinner
11x0127 October 2008 Dara Ó Briain Mark Watson Blue (3–2)
21x023 November 2008 Jimmy Carr Ed Byrne Blue (3–2)
31x0310 November 2008 Johnny Vegas Robin Ince Red (3–1)
41x0417 November 2008 Frankie Boyle Phill Jupitus Blue (3–2)
51x0524 November 2008 Hugh Dennis Richard Herring Blue (3–2)
61x061 December 2008 Andrew Maxwell Sue Perkins Blue (2–2)
71x078 December 2008 Charlie Higson Jimmy Carr Red (2–2)
81x0815 December 2008 Andy Parsons Mark Watson Red (3–2)
91x095 January 2009 Phill Jupitus Frankie Boyle Red (3–2)
101x1012 January 2009 Patrick Kielty Lucy Porter Blue (3–1)
111x1119 January 2009 Sue Perkins Jason Byrne Blue (4–1)
121x1226 January 2009 Lucy Porter Jarred Christmas Red (3–2)
131x132 February 2009Clips Show

Series 2

No.EpisodeBroadcastRufus' guestMarcus' guestWinner
142x0123 March 2009 Chris Addison Dara Ó Briain Red (3–2)
152x0230 March 2009 Mark Watson Ardal O'Hanlon Red (2–2)
162x036 April 2009 Jo Caulfield Katy Brand Red (3–2)
172x0420 April 2009 [lower-alpha 1] Phill Jupitus Sean Lock Red (3–2)
182x0527 April 2009 Reginald D. Hunter Sean Hughes Blue (3–2)
192x064 May 2009 Frankie Boyle Lucy Porter Blue (3–2)
202x0713 October 2009 Andrew Maxwell Frankie Boyle Blue (3–1)
212x0820 October 2009 Sean Lock Phill Jupitus Blue (3–1)
222x0927 October 2009 Dara Ó Briain Will Smith Blue (4–1)
232x103 November 2009 Simon Day Charlie Higson Blue (5–0)
242x1110 November 2009 Rory McGrath Sean Hughes Blue (3–1)
252x1217 November 2009 Hugh Dennis Mark Watson Red (3–2)
262x1324 November 2009Clips Show: Episodes 1–6
272x141 December 2009Clips Show: Episodes 7–12

Series 3

No.EpisodeBroadcastRufus' guestMarcus' guestWinner
283x012 February 2010 Johnny Vegas Chris Addison Blue (4–0)
293x029 February 2010 Sarah Millican Jimmy Carr Red (3–1)
303x0316 February 2010 Jack Whitehall Mark Watson Blue (3–2)
313x0423 February 2010 Stephen K. Amos Sean Lock Blue (3–2)
323x052 March 2010 Mark Watson Katy Brand Red (3–2)
333x069 March 2010 Sean Lock Dom Joly Blue (4–1)
343x0728 September 2010 Jimmy Carr Will Smith Red (3–2)
353x085 October 2010 Chris Addison Katy Brand Red (3–2)
363x0912 October 2010 Stephen K. Amos Jack Whitehall Red (3–2)
373x1019 October 2010 Ben Miller Sean Lock Red (3–2)
383x1126 October 2010 Richard Herring Stephen Mangan Red (3–2)
393x122 November 2010 Sarah Millican Sean Lock Red (4–1)
403x139 November 2010Clips Show

Comic Relief special

No.EpisodeBroadcastRufus' guestMarcus' guestWinner
Sp.5 March 2011 [lower-alpha 2] Dara Ó Briain Jo Brand Tie (1–1)

Series 4

No.EpisodeBroadcastRobert's guestSeann's guestWinner
414x013 November 2011 Jimmy Carr Russell Kane Blue (3–1)
424x0210 November 2011 Chris Ramsey Jack Whitehall Red (2–1)
434x0317 November 2011 Andrew Maxwell Daniel Sloss Tie (2–2)
444x0424 November 2011 Miles Jupp Jimmy Carr Red (3–1)
454x051 December 2011 Stephen K. Amos Jo Brand Blue (3–1)
464x068 December 2011 Ardal O'Hanlon Richard Herring Tie (2–2)
474x0715 December 2011 Tim Vine Stephen Mangan Blue (3–1)
484x0822 December 2011 [lower-alpha 3] Jason Manford Micky Flanagan Blue (3–0)
494x095 January 2012Clips Show

Scores

RufusRobertMarcusSeann
Series wins (0 drawn)
31
2110
Episode wins (2 drawn)
2220
184182

Notes

  1. Delayed by a week due to the screening of Red Dwarf: Back to Earth .
  2. Special episode webcast live as part of 24 Hour Panel People . David Walliams was the host in the place of John Sergeant.
  3. Christmas special

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