Peter Bowker

Birth : , Hazel Grove, Stockport, England

History

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Peter Bowker (born 1958) is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for the television serials Blackpool (2004), a musical drama about a shady casino owner; Occupation (2009), which follows three military servicemen adjusting to civilian life after a tour of duty in Iraq; and Desperate Romantics (2009), a biographical drama about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 2007, he adapted Blackpool for CBS as Viva Laughlin. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Bowker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Marvellous
Marvellous
Writer
Dramatisation of the true story of the life of Neil "Nello" Baldwin. Born with a mild learning disability but without the burden of social embarrassment & how his inexhaustible ability to see the good in any situation overcame any stigma society tried to label him with.
Eric & Ernie
Eric & Ernie
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Single drama telling the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's formative years, from child stars to national treasures. 'Big head, short legs' is Eric Bartholomew's first impression of Ernie Wiseman, but their friendship endures and, encouraged by his well-meaning but determined mother Sadie, Eric became the funny man to Ernie's 'feed'. After a successful stint in children's variety, they work their way up the ladder of live performance, but after a disastrous television debut in the series Running Wild, Morecambe and Wise learn to trust their own instincts and just make people laugh.
Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood
Writer
A man who was adopted at birth traces his real parents, and discovers that they have severe learning disabilities and do not know he exists.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Writer
A modern version of the classic Dickens tale, in which Eddie Scrooge is a mean loan shark who sees the error of his ways.