Lawrence Pearse

Lawrence Pearse.

Lawrence Pearse was a contestant in Series 17. A civil servant from Cheltenham, he made his debut on 22 February 1989, near the end of the series, where he beat Jim Saywell 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. 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 — Pearse ran out the 80 – 64 winner and champion of series 17. His son Alex had also appeared in the same series.

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 WANKERS [1].

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