Argumental

Round 3.5: Do boys have beavers mummy?

'Ross Kemp, Sexism and Euthanasia' - not only does that sound like a cracking title for a biography of Rebekah Wade, ex-editor of The Sun, but as topics for debate on Argumental these surely promise another win for yours truly.

Round 3.4: A very sexy defeat

Last night I had some brilliant topics, some great material, and I was paired with Sean Lock. Victory should have been easier than in a 'Who Smells The Nicest? competition' against Pete Doherty. How could I lose?

TV Review - Argumental on Dave

Argumental is a Dave original programme, and a panel show no less, that's actually very funny due to the heated debates and random interjections.

Round 3.3: It's going to be a hard fought series

Show three and already I'm sensing this is going to be a close, hard-fought series. Yes, I've already got two series victories in the bag but as Tiger Woods never said, victories are much like night-club hostesses - the more you have, the more you want, and the dirtier they are, the better they taste.

Round 3.2: One all - the Brigstocke's back!

Porsha and Stacey helped illustrate the argument 'A threesome is better in the imagination than in reality' which considering the men on stage - myself, Jimmy and Rufus - is like watching Wayne Rooney, Peter Andre and Dappy from N-Dubz debate the drawbacks of winning the Nobel Prize for literature. But even less likely.

Round 3.1: Viva Johnny Vegas

Following the Red team's massive humiliation last night - a 100% clean-sweep by the Blues - Marcus begged me to review the events of the 'closely-fought first battle' (in which he was thrashed in every round) because he's "not feeling well enough to write his blog this week".

Argumental Review: Dividing Opinion

The first episode of the third series of Argumental is definitely not seamless, with the supposed spontaneity of the show becoming contrived. However, it is worth watching and it definitely provides some laughs - even if, at times, you're laughing at John Sergeant (bless him), rather than with him.

Dave's top original show - recently selected for the honour of a rerun on BBC2 - finishes off the series with a best-of compo. So it's a bit funnier, although it still has the problem of mixing autocued speeches that feel too scripted with improvised banter that feels rudderless and underpowered. Sean Lock and Frankie Boyle are the pick of the many guest debaters. They join regular captains Rufus Hound, who strips naked at the end, and Marcus Brigstocke, who doesn't. Cuddly chairman John Sergeant links the clips.

John heads up TV argument show

John Sergeant reckons his role as host on TV show Argumental is a bit like being a school headmaster.

As much as it does good business filling its schedules with Top Gear repeats and faintly laddish comedy, Dave hasn't quite been able to resist trying its hand at original programming. Argumental - now returning for a third series - was one of the first fruits of that idea. Hosted by the continually charming John Sergeant, who grins his way through a script that seems slightly too crude for him, the show asks you to enjoy the spectacle of third-string TV comics notionally debating contentious propositions, but ultimately reeling off hastily assembled routines. Marcus Brigstocke and Rufus Hound captain teams featuring Frankie Boyle and Andrew Maxwell.