1. About Peter Bowker - Intellect Books
Peter Bowker was a special needs teacher in Leeds for fourteen years, while writing and failing to sell short stories, novels, plays and poetry.
Peter Bowker was a special needs teacher in Leeds for fourteen years, while writing and failing to sell short stories, novels, plays and poetry. He finally got his break in 1991 writing for the BBC TV hospital drama Casualty (1986– present) and has, since then, written for many long-running series including Peak Practice (1993–2002) and Clocking Off (2000–03). His original work includes Undercover Heart (1997), Flesh and Blood (2002), Blackpool (2004), Occupation (2009), Eric and Ernie (2010), Monroe (2011–2012), From There to Here (2013), Marvellous (2014), Capital (2015) and The A-Word (2016). A second series of The A-Word is due for transmission in 2017. He is currently working on a multiple-viewpoint telling of World War II, and a drama about Syrian refugees coming to the United Kingdom. Amongst numerous awards, he has won four BAFTAs, three Writers’ Guild Awards, and has been the Royal Television Society Writer of the Year four times. After being screened in the United States, his musical serial Blackpool was nominated for a Golden Globe.
2. A Potentially World-Destroying Virus: World on Fire - Critics At Large
Jun 25, 2020 · Bowker fashions psychological portraits that allow him to start with the individual experience before fanning outward toward the war. His ...
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3. Peter Bowker wants to reveal aspects of autism in his show The A Word
Feb 7, 2017 · Peter Bowker's new TV series The A Book follows a family who finds out their son has autism.
Peter Bowker's new TV series The A Book follows a family who finds out their son has autism.
4. A Potentially World-Destroying Virus: World ... - The Spirit of the Gothic
Writer Peter Bowker, reflecting a modern sensibility, explores subjects that are usually passed over or given short shrift through the interlocking stories ...
For anyone interested in Dracula, the Gothic, War on terrorism, Stalinism Nazism
5. Peter Bowker: 'Drama lacks ambition? Such a glib thing to say' | Media
May 18, 2014 · A well-known television grandee begins pontificating about homegrown drama and why it "lacks ambition".
John Plunkett: The writer on his new BBC1 series, why Blackpool is unfinished business – and the dramatic rise of Lenny Henry
6. BBC Updates On 'Strictly' Amid Coronavirus, Issues Diversity Warning
Aug 24, 2020 · BBC content director Charlotte Moore has warned that unless diversity is prioritized in the UK TV industry, the sector will not survive.
BBC content director Charlotte Moore has warned that unless diversity is prioritized in the UK TV industry the sector will not survive.
7. Sean Bean Joins Peter Bowker's BBC One WWII Epic Drama 'World On Fire'
Nov 27, 2018 · The Mammoth Screen-produced drama is written by The A Word's Peter Bowker. It is a multi-stranded drama that looks at World War II through the ...
Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings star Sean Bean is joining the cast of BBC One drama World on Fire. The actor will star alongside Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets) and Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) in the seven-part World War II epic. Also joining the cast is A Very English Scandal and The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison, Yrsa Daley-Ward (Today Will Burn), Ansu Kabia (The Long Song) and Ewan Mitchell (The Last Kingdom). The Mammoth Screen-produced drama is written…
8. What's on TV tonight: The A Word returns to the lakes for more drama ...
May 5, 2020 · Peter Bowker's drama about an extended family's experience of autism ... Ron is ill with the virus and is confused about where he is and what's ...
Also Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan transform into ballet dancers and Isolation Stories continues
9. Is 'World On Fire' A True Story? There Are Some Crucial Details Based On ...
Sep 29, 2019 · Speaking to the BBC, the show's writer Peter Bowker explained that ... viral buys. Bustle Daily. Up Next. Submit. By subscribing to this ...
The BBC is perhaps most loved internationally and at home for its incredible period dramas. There's nobody who can do it quite as well as the Beeb and we all know it. So all they have to do is mutter the words "new period drama" and nerds like me…
10. The A Word to have spin-off based on couple with Down's Syndrome
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BBC drama The A Word to get spin-off programme based on newlywed Down's Syndrome couple Ralph and Katie
11. "Everything is changed": Star Jonah Hauer-King on the WWII drama ...
May 17, 2020 · ... Peter Bowker, who called the conflict "our foundation myth." In the ... Mine's not about the virus, I can assure you," he said.
The actor spoke with Salon about his flawed character, life-altering events, and how he's been spending quarantine
12. Filmed in the Lakes, The A Word's back for series 3 - Hexham Courant
May 1, 2020 · Finally, the third series - once again written by Peter Bowker - is ... We video chat a lot during this [corona] virus stuff. I really ...
The A Word is one of those TV dramas that subtly tugs at the heartstrings.
13. TV preview: The A Word is making its much-anticipated return - The Herald
May 1, 2020 · Finally, the third series - once again written by Peter Bowker - is ... We video chat a lot during this [corona] virus stuff. I really ...
Members of the cast of The A Word tell Georgia Humphreys about series three.
14. On TV tonight, Joe struggles with his sister's pregnancy in The A Word
May 12, 2020 · Peter Bowker is deftly insightful at dramatising different facets of ... virus. It's now Day 13 since lockdown and 10 per cent of the ...
Also Paul Hollywood finishes eating his way around Japan and Rob and Romesh have a go at basketball
15. Christopher Eccleston says 'The A Word' is a labor of 'humanity and love'
Oct 28, 2020 · ... Viral Trends · Human Interest · Parenting · Fashion & Beauty · Food & Drink ... [Writer Peter Bowker] has famously said he writes about reality.”.
Veteran actor Christopher Eccleston says “The A Word” is a rare treat for him, considering its lighthearted approach to storytelling.
