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 '''Lawrence Pearse''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[Series winners|champion]] of [[Series 17]], a semi-finalist in [[Championship of Champions V]] and a participant in the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].
-A civil servant from Cheltenham, he made his debut on 22 February 1989, near the end of the series, where he beat [[Jim Saywell]] {{score|53|34}}. Pearse won a further seven games to become an [[octochamp]] and #2 seed for the series behind the hotly-favoured [[Tim Morrissey]]. In the final rounds, Pearse beat [[Jean Tweddell]] and [[Vicki McCarthy]] on the way to the final against [[Evan Simpson]]. [[episode 867|The final]] was a back-and-forth affair, with Simpson leading by 19 points after the first conundrum, but Pearse managed to stage a comeback, and with Simpson not scoring due to a series of messed-up numbers games and disallowed words, it was done and dusted by the conundrum &mdash; Pearse ran out the {{score|80|64}} winner and champion of series 17. His son [[Alex Pearse|Alex]] had also appeared in the same series, and they went on to play a Masters game against each other.
+A civil servant from Cheltenham, he made his debut on 22 February 1989, near the end of the series, where he beat [[Jim Saywell]] {{score|53|34}}. His [[Episode 852|third game]], against [[Cathy Frank]], is one of the very few episodes from this series that have been preserved, and is available as a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fGaNhVfcbY YouTube video]. Pearse won his remaining heat games to become an [[octochamp]] and #2 seed for the series behind the hotly-favoured [[Tim Morrissey]]. In the final rounds, Pearse beat [[Jean Tweddell]] and [[Vicki McCarthy]] on the way to the final against [[Evan Simpson]]. [[episode 867|The final]] was a back-and-forth affair, with Simpson leading by 19 points after the first conundrum, but Pearse managed to stage a comeback, and with Simpson not scoring due to a series of messed-up numbers games and disallowed words, it was done and dusted by the conundrum &mdash; Pearse ran out the {{score|80|64}} winner and champion of series 17. His son [[Alex Pearse|Alex]] had also appeared in the same series, and they went on to play a Masters game against each other.
 Pearse returned for [[Championship of Champions V]], beating [[Michael Wareham]] in the first round before losing to [[Gino Corr]] in the semi-final, a game that is most remembered for the oft-repeated out-take where both contestants declared the word {{word|WANKERS}} [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7gBXPUSXGWs].

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 {{ep | 1070 | 2/01/1991 | CQF |[[Michael Wareham]]| 38 - 54 |Lawrence Pearse|[[Gyles Brandreth]]|Catherine Clarke|71}}
 {{ep | 1073 | 7/01/1991 | CSF |[[Gino Corr]]| 61 - 34 |Lawrence Pearse|Gyles Brandreth|Catherine Clarke|72}}
-{{ep | M96 | Unreleased | M |[[Alex Pearse]]| 80 – 77 |Lawrence Pearse|none|Freda Thornton|??}}
+{{ep | M96 | Unreleased | M |[[Alex Pearse]]| 80 – 77 |Lawrence Pearse|none||??}}
 {{ep | 1876 | 7/11/1996 | dQF |Lawrence Pearse| 45 - 47 |[[Jackie McLeod]]|[[Geoffrey Durham]]|[[Susie Dent]]|81}}
 {{episode table end}}

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 {{octostats|'''Champion'''|2|438|4}}
 [[Image:Lawrence Pearse.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Lawrence Pearse]]
-'''Lawrence Pearse''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[Series winners|champion]] of [[Series 17]], a semi-finalist in [[Champion of Champions V]] and a participant in the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].
+'''Lawrence Pearse''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[Series winners|champion]] of [[Series 17]], a semi-finalist in [[Championship of Champions V]] and a participant in the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].
 A civil servant from Cheltenham, he made his debut on 22 February 1989, near the end of the series, where he beat [[Jim Saywell]] {{score|53|34}}. Pearse won a further seven games to become an [[octochamp]] and #2 seed for the series behind the hotly-favoured [[Tim Morrissey]]. In the final rounds, Pearse beat [[Jean Tweddell]] and [[Vicki McCarthy]] on the way to the final against [[Evan Simpson]]. [[episode 867|The final]] was a back-and-forth affair, with Simpson leading by 19 points after the first conundrum, but Pearse managed to stage a comeback, and with Simpson not scoring due to a series of messed-up numbers games and disallowed words, it was done and dusted by the conundrum &mdash; Pearse ran out the {{score|80|64}} winner and champion of series 17. His son [[Alex Pearse|Alex]] had also appeared in the same series, and they went on to play a Masters game against each other.

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-{{octostats|'''Winner'''|2|438|4}}
+{{octostats|'''Champion'''|2|438|4}}
 [[Image:Lawrence Pearse.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Lawrence Pearse]]
-'''Lawrence Pearse''' was the [[Series 17]] champion.
+'''Lawrence Pearse''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[Series winners|champion]] of [[Series 17]], a semi-finalist in [[Champion of Champions V]] and a participant in the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].
 A civil servant from Cheltenham, he made his debut on 22 February 1989, near the end of the series, where he beat [[Jim Saywell]] {{score|53|34}}. Pearse won a further seven games to become an [[octochamp]] and #2 seed for the series behind the hotly-favoured [[Tim Morrissey]]. In the final rounds, Pearse beat [[Jean Tweddell]] and [[Vicki McCarthy]] on the way to the final against [[Evan Simpson]]. [[episode 867|The final]] was a back-and-forth affair, with Simpson leading by 19 points after the first conundrum, but Pearse managed to stage a comeback, and with Simpson not scoring due to a series of messed-up numbers games and disallowed words, it was done and dusted by the conundrum &mdash; Pearse ran out the {{score|80|64}} winner and champion of series 17. His son [[Alex Pearse|Alex]] had also appeared in the same series, and they went on to play a Masters game against each other.

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 {{ep | 866 | 16/03/1989 | SF |[[Vicki McCarthy]]| 24 - 49 |Lawrence Pearse|Simon Williams|Georgia Hole|71}}
 {{ep | 867 | 17/03/1989 | GF |[[Evan Simpson]]| 64 - 80 |Lawrence Pearse|Ned Sherrin, [[Frazer Hines]]|[[Freda Thornton]]|140}}
-{{ep | M35 | 27/11/89-1/12/89 | Masters 1 |Lawrence Pearse| 75 – 77 |[[John Clarke (Series 11)|John Clarke]]|N/A|Freda Thornton|138}}
+{{ep | M35 | 27/11/1989-1/12/1989 | M |Lawrence Pearse| 75 – 77 |[[John Clarke (Series 11)|John Clarke]]|none|Freda Thornton|138}}
 {{ep | 1070 | 2/01/1991 | CQF |[[Michael Wareham]]| 38 - 54 |Lawrence Pearse|[[Gyles Brandreth]]|Catherine Clarke|71}}
 {{ep | 1073 | 7/01/1991 | CSF |[[Gino Corr]]| 61 - 34 |Lawrence Pearse|Gyles Brandreth|Catherine Clarke|72}}
-{{ep | M96 | Unreleased | Masters 2 |[[Alex Pearse]]| 80 – 77 |Lawrence Pearse|N/A|Freda Thornton|??}}
+{{ep | M96 | Unreleased | M |[[Alex Pearse]]| 80 – 77 |Lawrence Pearse|none|Freda Thornton|??}}
 {{ep | 1876 | 7/11/1996 | dQF |Lawrence Pearse| 45 - 47 |[[Jackie McLeod]]|[[Geoffrey Durham]]|[[Susie Dent]]|81}}
 {{episode table end}}

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 {{ep | 857 | 3/03/1989 | P |[[David Gledhill]]| 12 - 52 |Lawrence Pearse|Ned Sherrin|Georgia Hole|72}}
 {{ep | 862 | 10/03/1989 | QF |Lawrence Pearse| 52 - 29 |[[Jean Tweddell]]|[[Simon Williams]]|Georgia Hole|73}}
-{{ep | 866 | 16/03/1989 | SF |[[Vicki McCarthy]]| 24 - 49 |Lawrence Pearse|Simon Williams|Georgia Hole|72}}
+{{ep | 866 | 16/03/1989 | SF |[[Vicki McCarthy]]| 24 - 49 |Lawrence Pearse|Simon Williams|Georgia Hole|71}}
 {{ep | 867 | 17/03/1989 | GF |[[Evan Simpson]]| 64 - 80 |Lawrence Pearse|Ned Sherrin, [[Frazer Hines]]|[[Freda Thornton]]|140}}
 {{ep | M35 | 27/11/89-1/12/89 | Masters 1 |Lawrence Pearse| 75 – 77 |[[John Clarke (Series 11)|John Clarke]]|N/A|Freda Thornton|138}}

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 ==Episodes==
 {{episode table}}
-{{ep | 850 | 22/02/1989 | P | [[Jim Saywell]] | 34 - 53 | Lawrence Pearse | [[Tim Rice]] | [[Catherine Clarke]] }}
+{{ep | 850 | 22/02/1989 | P |[[Jim Saywell]]| 34 - 53 |Lawrence Pearse|[[Tim Rice]]|[[Catherine Clarke]]|94}}
-{{ep | 851 | 23/02/1989 | P | [[Anne Ives]] | 40 - 51 | Lawrence Pearse | Tim Rice | Catherine Clarke }}
+{{ep | 851 | 23/02/1989 | P |[[Anne Ives]]| 40 - 51 |Lawrence Pearse|Tim Rice|Catherine Clarke|84}}
-{{ep | 852 | 24/02/1989 | P | [[Cathy Frank]] | 49 - 57 | Lawrence Pearse | Tim Rice | Catherine Clarke }}
+{{ep | 852 | 24/02/1989 | P |[[Cathy Frank]]| 49 - 57 |Lawrence Pearse|Tim Rice|Catherine Clarke|94}}
-{{ep | 853 | 27/02/1989 | P | [[Fuad Shammas]] | 48 - 49 | Lawrence Pearse | Tim Rice | Catherine Clarke }}
+{{ep | 853 | 27/02/1989 | P |[[Fuad Shammas]]| 48 - 49 |Lawrence Pearse|Tim Rice|Catherine Clarke|72}}
-{{ep | 854 | 28/02/1989 | P | [[Nadine Roebuck]] | 36 - 48 | Lawrence Pearse | [[Ned Sherrin]] | [[Georgia Hole]] }}
+{{ep | 854 | 28/02/1989 | P |[[Nadine Roebuck]]| 36 - 48 |Lawrence Pearse|[[Ned Sherrin]]|[[Georgia Hole]]|73}}
-{{ep | 855 | 1/03/1989 | P | [[David Thompson]] | 40 - 70 | Lawrence Pearse | Ned Sherrin | Georgia Hole }}
+{{ep | 855 | 1/03/1989 | P |[[David Thompson]]| 40 - 70 |Lawrence Pearse|Ned Sherrin|Georgia Hole|73}}
-{{ep | 856 | 2/03/1989 | P | [[Karen Hoggarth]] | 23 - 58 | Lawrence Pearse | Ned Sherrin | Georgia Hole }}
+{{ep | 856 | 2/03/1989 | P |[[Karen Hoggarth]]| 23 - 58 |Lawrence Pearse|Ned Sherrin|Georgia Hole|71}}
-{{ep | 857 | 3/03/1989 | P | [[David Gledhill]] | 12 - 52 | Lawrence Pearse | Ned Sherrin | Georgia Hole }}
+{{ep | 857 | 3/03/1989 | P |[[David Gledhill]]| 12 - 52 |Lawrence Pearse|Ned Sherrin|Georgia Hole|72}}
-{{ep | 862 | 10/03/1989 | QF | Lawrence Pearse | 52 - 29 | [[Jean Tweddell]] | [[Simon Williams]] | Georgia Hole }}
+{{ep | 862 | 10/03/1989 | QF |Lawrence Pearse| 52 - 29 |[[Jean Tweddell]]|[[Simon Williams]]|Georgia Hole|73}}
-{{ep | 866 | 16/03/1989 | SF | [[Vicki McCarthy]] | 24 - 49 | Lawrence Pearse | Simon Williams | Georgia Hole }}
+{{ep | 866 | 16/03/1989 | SF |[[Vicki McCarthy]]| 24 - 49 |Lawrence Pearse|Simon Williams|Georgia Hole|72}}
-{{ep | 867 | 17/03/1989 | GF | [[Evan Simpson]] | 64 - 80 | Lawrence Pearse | Ned Sherrin, [[Frazer Hines]] | [[Freda Thornton]] }}
+{{ep | 867 | 17/03/1989 | GF |[[Evan Simpson]]| 64 - 80 |Lawrence Pearse|Ned Sherrin, [[Frazer Hines]]|[[Freda Thornton]]|140}}
-{{ep | M35 | 27/11/89-1/12/89 | Masters 1 | Lawrence Pearse | 75 – 77 | [[John Clarke (Series 11)|John Clarke]] | N/A | Freda Thornton }}
+{{ep | M35 | 27/11/89-1/12/89 | Masters 1 |Lawrence Pearse| 75 – 77 |[[John Clarke (Series 11)|John Clarke]]|N/A|Freda Thornton|138}}
-{{ep | 1070 | 2/01/1991 | CQF | [[Michael Wareham]] | 38 - 54 | Lawrence Pearse | [[Gyles Brandreth]] | Catherine Clarke }}
+{{ep | 1070 | 2/01/1991 | CQF |[[Michael Wareham]]| 38 - 54 |Lawrence Pearse|[[Gyles Brandreth]]|Catherine Clarke|71}}
-{{ep | 1073 | 7/01/1991 | CSF | [[Gino Corr]] | 61 - 34 | Lawrence Pearse | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke }}
+{{ep | 1073 | 7/01/1991 | CSF |[[Gino Corr]]| 61 - 34 |Lawrence Pearse|Gyles Brandreth|Catherine Clarke|72}}
-{{ep | M96 | Unreleased | Masters 2 | [[Alex Pearse]] | 80 – 77 | Lawrence Pearse | N/A | Freda Thornton }}
+{{ep | M96 | Unreleased | Masters 2 |[[Alex Pearse]]| 80 – 77 |Lawrence Pearse|N/A|Freda Thornton|??}}
-{{ep | 1876 | 7/11/1996 | dQF | Lawrence Pearse | 45 - 47 | [[Jackie McLeod]] | [[Geoffrey Durham]] | [[Susie Dent]] }}
+{{ep | 1876 | 7/11/1996 | dQF |Lawrence Pearse| 45 - 47 |[[Jackie McLeod]]|[[Geoffrey Durham]]|[[Susie Dent]]|81}}
 {{episode table end}}