Editing Peter Howitt (section)

==Biography==

===Early life===
Howitt was born on 5 May 1957, the son of Frank Howitt, a renowned [[Fleet Street]] journalist who, in 1963, broke the infamous [[Profumo affair|Profumo Scandal]] by getting the exclusive story from call girl [[Christine Keeler]] of her illicit affair with a high ranking government minister.

Howitt grew up in [[Eltham]], [[London]] in Tarnwood Park and [[Bromley]], [[Kent]]. He was educated at Wyborne Primary School in New Eltham and [[Colfe's Grammar School]] in [[Lee, South London]]. While in Eltham he was a member of the Priory Players amateur dramatics group.  Howitt spent a brief time at [[Paisley Grammar School]] in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], Scotland in 1970. He studied at the [[Drama Studio London]] in 1976.

===Career===
Howitt's first notable TV role was in the 1984–85 series of [[Yorkshire Television]]'s long-running programme for schools ''[[How We Used To Live]]'', where he starred alongside [[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]] actress [[Sue Jenkins]]. He is best known for playing Joey Boswell in the first four series of [[BBC]] TV series ''[[Bread (TV series)|Bread]]''. In 1998, he wrote and directed his first film, ''[[Sliding Doors]]'' (1998). Since then, he has directed several films, including ''[[Antitrust (film)|Antitrust]]'' (2001), ''[[Johnny English]]'' (2003), ''[[Laws of Attraction]]'' (2004), and ''[[Dangerous Parking]]'' (2008). He adapted the latter film from the novel by Stuart Browne, as well as produced and directed it, and played the lead role.

===Personal life===
Howitt has two children, Luke (b. 1990) and Amy (b. 2008). He currently resides in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada.