--- title: "Billy Pearce: Stand-Up Comedian, TV Roles | D.O.C." description: "Billy Pearce is a comedian born in Leeds whose break came through ITV" url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-billy-pearce.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- Stand-up comedian # Billy Pearce ## Who Billy Pearce is Billy Pearce is a comedian born in Leeds whose break came through ITV's talent show New Faces, where he reached the final in 1986. Until the mid-1990s he appeared on TV variety shows including Live From Her Majesty's, You Gotta Be Joking and three Royal Variety shows, then worked in pantomime and in acting roles in ITV's Heartbeat and BBC drama The Street. He returned to stand-up in 2013. ## Follow their dates Put them in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week. Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live) ## At a glance **From** Leeds **On screen** New Faces, Live From Her Majesty's, You Gotta Be Joking and 2 more ## Is Billy Pearce on tour? **No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; follow them to hear when the next ones are booked. Last checked 13 November 2026. ### Are they coming to my town? No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow them and your town to hear when one is booked. ### Want them in your town? Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked. Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. [Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html) ## Specials, shows and podcasts ### On screen - **New Faces** - **Live From Her Majesty's** - **You Gotta Be Joking** - **Heartbeat** - **The Street** ## Comedians like Billy Pearce Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town. - [Dave Allen](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-dave-allen.html) also in New Faces - [Mick Miller](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-mick-miller.html) also in New Faces [Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html) ## Questions and answers ### Where is Billy Pearce performing next? No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now. ### What TV shows and films are they in? New Faces, Live From Her Majesty's, You Gotta Be Joking, Heartbeat and The Street. ### Where are they from? Born in Leeds. ### Who are some comedians like them? [Dave Allen](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-dave-allen.html) (also in New Faces) and [Mick Miller](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-mick-miller.html) (also in New Faces). ## Is this you? This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter. Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/billy-pearce** [Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html) ## The full SUCDb record The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve. [Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-billy-pearce.html) ### Sources - [Chortle · chortle.co.uk ↗](https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/b/34071/billy_pearce) Born in Leeds; New Faces final 1986; TV variety and Royal Variety shows; Heartbeat and The Street; returned to stand-up in 2013 Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026