Original sentence: He began his career writing for the long-running BBC medical drama Casualty in 1992, before writing his own works for television
Edited sentence: Born and raised in Stockport, Bowker read philosophy and English at the University of Leeds.Bowker began his career writing for the long-running BBC medical drama Casualty in 1992, before writing his own works for television.Bowker executive produced both Viva Laughlin and Wuthering Heights.Bowker remortgaged his house in order to study for an M.He switched to the screenwriting course after realising he preferred writing dialogue.He taught for twelve years in a Leeds hospital unit for the mentally handicapped.His future projects include an adaptation of Mark Haddon's novel, A Spot of Bother, a 'big medical drama' series for ITV1, and a biopic of Morecambe and Wise for the BBC, which is yet to be commissioned.in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, where his tutors were novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain