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Lawrence Pearse
Lawrence Pearse was a contestant in Series 17. A civil servant from Cheltenham, he first made 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 | |||
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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 | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | |||
1073 | 7/01/1991 | CSF | Gino Corr | 61 – 34 | Lawrence Pearse | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | |||
1876 | 7/11/1996 | dQF | Lawrence Pearse | 45 – 47 | Jackie McLeod | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Geoffrey Durham | Susie Dent |