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Lawrence Pearse

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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 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