List of Argumental episodes

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).

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.	Episode	Broadcast	Rufus' guest	Marcus' guest	Winner
1	1x01	27 October 2008	Dara Ó Briain	Mark Watson	Blue (3–2)
2	1x02	3 November 2008	Jimmy Carr	Ed Byrne	Blue (3–2)
3	1x03	10 November 2008	Johnny Vegas	Robin Ince	Red (3–1)
4	1x04	17 November 2008	Frankie Boyle	Phill Jupitus	Blue (3–2)
5	1x05	24 November 2008	Hugh Dennis	Richard Herring	Blue (3–2)
6	1x06	1 December 2008	Andrew Maxwell	Sue Perkins	Blue (2–2)
7	1x07	8 December 2008	Charlie Higson	Jimmy Carr	Red (2–2)
8	1x08	15 December 2008	Andy Parsons	Mark Watson	Red (3–2)
9	1x09	5 January 2009	Phill Jupitus	Frankie Boyle	Red (3–2)
10	1x10	12 January 2009	Patrick Kielty	Lucy Porter	Blue (3–1)
11	1x11	19 January 2009	Sue Perkins	Jason Byrne	Blue (4–1)
12	1x12	26 January 2009	Lucy Porter	Jarred Christmas	Red (3–2)
13	1x13	2 February 2009	Clips Show		—

Series 2

No.	Episode	Broadcast	Rufus' guest	Marcus' guest	Winner
14	2x01	23 March 2009	Chris Addison	Dara Ó Briain	Red (3–2)
15	2x02	30 March 2009	Mark Watson	Ardal O'Hanlon	Red (2–2)
16	2x03	6 April 2009	Jo Caulfield	Katy Brand	Red (3–2)
17	2x04	20 April 2009[a]	Phill Jupitus	Sean Lock	Red (3–2)
18	2x05	27 April 2009	Reginald D. Hunter	Sean Hughes	Blue (3–2)
19	2x06	4 May 2009	Frankie Boyle	Lucy Porter	Blue (3–2)
20	2x07	13 October 2009	Andrew Maxwell	Frankie Boyle	Blue (3–1)
21	2x08	20 October 2009	Sean Lock	Phill Jupitus	Blue (3–1)
22	2x09	27 October 2009	Dara Ó Briain	Will Smith	Blue (4–1)
23	2x10	3 November 2009	Simon Day	Charlie Higson	Blue (5–0)
24	2x11	10 November 2009	Rory McGrath	Sean Hughes	Blue (3–1)
25	2x12	17 November 2009	Hugh Dennis	Mark Watson	Red (3–2)
26	2x13	24 November 2009	Clips Show: Episodes 1–6		—
27	2x14	1 December 2009	Clips Show: Episodes 7–12		—

Series 3

No.	Episode	Broadcast	Rufus' guest	Marcus' guest	Winner
28	3x01	2 February 2010	Johnny Vegas	Chris Addison	Blue (4–0)
29	3x02	9 February 2010	Sarah Millican	Jimmy Carr	Red (3–1)
30	3x03	16 February 2010	Jack Whitehall	Mark Watson	Blue (3–2)
31	3x04	23 February 2010	Stephen K. Amos	Sean Lock	Blue (3–2)
32	3x05	2 March 2010	Mark Watson	Katy Brand	Red (3–2)
33	3x06	9 March 2010	Sean Lock	Dom Joly	Blue (4–1)
34	3x07	28 September 2010	Jimmy Carr	Will Smith	Red (3–2)
35	3x08	5 October 2010	Chris Addison	Katy Brand	Red (3–2)
36	3x09	12 October 2010	Stephen K. Amos	Jack Whitehall	Red (3–2)
37	3x10	19 October 2010	Ben Miller	Sean Lock	Red (3–2)
38	3x11	26 October 2010	Richard Herring	Stephen Mangan	Red (3–2)
39	3x12	2 November 2010	Sarah Millican	Sean Lock	Red (4–1)
40	3x13	9 November 2010	Clips Show		—

Comic Relief special

No.	Episode	Broadcast	Rufus' guest	Marcus' guest	Winner
—	Sp.	5 March 2011[b]	Dara Ó Briain	Jo Brand	Tie (1–1)

Series 4

No.	Episode	Broadcast	Robert's guest	Seann's guest	Winner
41	4x01	3 November 2011	Jimmy Carr	Russell Kane	Blue (3–1)
42	4x02	10 November 2011	Chris Ramsey	Jack Whitehall	Red (2–1)
43	4x03	17 November 2011	Andrew Maxwell	Daniel Sloss	Tie (2–2)
44	4x04	24 November 2011	Miles Jupp	Jimmy Carr	Red (3–1)
45	4x05	1 December 2011	Stephen K. Amos	Jo Brand	Blue (3–1)
46	4x06	8 December 2011	Ardal O'Hanlon	Richard Herring	Tie (2–2)
47	4x07	15 December 2011	Tim Vine	Stephen Mangan	Blue (3–1)
48	4x08	22 December 2011[c]	Jason Manford	Micky Flanagan	Blue (3–0)
49	4x09	5 January 2012	Clips Show		—

Scores

Rufus	Robert	Marcus	Seann
Series wins (0 drawn)
3		1
2	1	1	0
Episode wins (2 drawn)
22		20
18	4	18	2

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

External links

• Argumental at epguides.com
• Argumental at British Comedy Guide
• Argumental at IMDb