Background
He grew up in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire.
He grew up in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire.
He attended the Magnus Grammar School.
Both former teachers, they fronted several television programmes jointly, most notably Hale and Pace, Pushing Up Daisies, h&pbbc and Jobs for the Boys. He then went to Avery Hill College, now the Avery Hill Campus of the University of Greenwich, in Eltham where he gained a Bachelor of Education in 1975. As straight actors, they also fronted the original television dramatisation of Dalziel and Pascoe.
And in 1989 guest-starred together in the Doctor Who serial Survival.
In 2007 they appeared in the Christmas Special of Extras, called The Extra Special Series Finale, playing themselves. Recently, Norman Pace has taken a direction towards theatre and has starred in "Chicago" (Adelphi), "Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson" and Our Manitoba in Havana at the Nottingham Playhouse.
In summer 2010 he appeared as the detective in a touring production of Peter Gordon comedy "Murdered to Death". In autumn 2013 he appears as "The Showman" in Michael Eaton"s Charlie Peace: His Amazing Life & Astounding Legend at the Nottingham Playhouse.
As of 2014 Pace was touring a production of One Manitoba, Two Guvnors.
He is also a regular presenter for "The Open" on the Sky Poker channel.
