Biography: ​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.