
- Genre
- Panel Show
- Broadcast
- 2008 - 2012
- Channel
- Dave
- Episodes
- 44 (4 series), plus 5 highlights specials
- Creator
- Ricky Kelehar
- Starring
- John Sergeant, Sean Lock, Marcus Brigstocke, Rufus Hound, Robert Webb and Seann Walsh
- Directors
- Ian Lorimer and Richard Valentine
- Producers
- David Taylor and Dominic English
Panel show in which teams must argue for or against various topics - not necessarily topics they personally agree with, but they must pretend they do.
For example, in the classic debate round, teams animatedly discuss such pearls of wisdom as: "London should not host the Olympics in 2012"; "The credit crunch is no bad thing"; "Recycling is a waste of time"; and "The Royal Family serve no purpose". One team is for the statement, one against.
The teams then move on to a visual aids round, followed by an alternative 'flip-flop' round, where contestants have to argue against themselves, changing their argument around every time the bell sounds (in some episodes this round was changed to arguing against the opponent).
With plenty of lively debate, some quick thinking and some sneaky point scoring, Argumental takes all the most topical and contentious issues of the day and rips them to shreds.
The first three series of the show were presented by veteran ITV political correspondent John Sergeant, with Marcus Brigstocke and Rufus Hound as the team captains.
Argumental went through a re-vamp for Series 4, and so Sean Lock now hosts, with Robert Webb and Seann Walsh as the new team captains.
- Production company
- Also known as
- Whose Side Are You On? (Working title)
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 27th October 2008 on Dave at 9:40pm
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 5th January 2012 on Dave at 9:40pm
- Last repeat
- Sunday 20th April 2014 at 2:30am
Website links
- Official Website
The official website for the show from UKTV. - UKGameshows
A guide to the series provided by this site which covers various kinds of game and quiz shows. - IMDb
- Wikipedia

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