Lawrence Pearse

Lawrence Pearse.

Lawrence Pearse was a contestant in series 17, first making his debut on 22 February 1989 near the end of the series, where he beat Jim Saywell 53-34. Lawrence 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, Lawrence beat Jean Tweddell and Vicki McCarthy on the way to the final against Evan Simpson. The final was a back-and-forth affair, with Evan leading by 19 points after the first conundrum, but Lawrence managed to stage a comeback, and with Evan not scoring due to a series of messed-up numbers games and disallowed words, it was done and dusted by the conundrum- Lawrence ran out the 80-64 winner and champion of series 17. Lawrence 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 WANKERS [1]. Lawrence returned one final time for the supreme championship in 1996, but was beaten by Jackie McLeod 47-45 in his first game.

Preceded by Tony Vick

Series winner Series 17

Followed by Rajaretnam Yogasagarar

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
850	22/02/1989	P	Jim Saywell	34 – 53	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke
851	23/02/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	51 – 40	Anne Ives	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke
852	24/02/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	57 – 49	Cathy Frank	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke
853	27/02/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	49 – 48	Fuad Shammas	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke
854	28/02/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	48 – 36	Nadine Roebuck	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
855	1/03/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	70 – 40	David Thompson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
856	2/03/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	58 – 23	Karen Hoggarth	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
857	3/03/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	52 – 12	David Gledhill	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
862	10/03/1989	QF	Lawrence Pearse	52 – 29	Jean Tweddell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole
866	16/03/1989	SF	Vicki McCarthy	24 – 49	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole
867	17/03/1989	GF	Evan Simpson	64 – 80	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin, Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
1070	2/01/1991	CQF	Michael Wareham	38 – 54	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
1073	7/01/1991	CSF	Gino Corr	61 – 34	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
1876	7/11/1996	dQF	Lawrence Pearse	45 – 47	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Susie Dent