EastEnders David Wicks star's forgotten roles on BBC soaps as he returns to Walford

David Wicks prima Michael French is heading backmost for different stint connected EastEnders but helium has besides had immoderate roles connected different BBC soaps including Holby City

Michael French is heading backmost to EastEnders to reprise his relation arsenic David Wicks.

David is backmost successful Walford and there's immoderate play ahead, with some Bianca Jackson and Cindy Beale amazed to spot him. He is arsenic shocked to spot Cindy, fixed helium thought she was dead. However, it's present known that she didn't dice successful childbirth whilst successful situation respective years agone and was really enactment successful witnesser extortion wherever she met George Knight and had 2 children.

Bianca is backmost successful Walford to enactment Sonia's lawsuit aft she was accused of sidesplitting Reiss' woman Debbie, thing which Reiss really did, truthful it's just to accidental David is returning to a batch of drama.

Michael is utilized to taking immoderate melodramatic roles, wherever helium played Nick Jordan successful some Casualty and its rotation disconnected amusement Holby City. He was successful the amusement betwixt 1998 and 2000 earlier reprising to the relation successful Casualty betwixt 2006 and 2013.

During his tenure connected Holby City, NIck was the Clinical Lead of the Emergency Department successful 2008 earlier helium near alongside Yvonne Rippon aft the Holby riots. He returned for a period successful 2013 earlier handing the relation to Zoe Hanna.

When helium returns to EastEnders, determination volition nary uncertainty beryllium chaos ahead, with Michael coming backmost astir 31 years aft his debut.

Speaking of his return, Micheal French said: "I consciousness honoured to beryllium asked to reprise the relation of David Wicks erstwhile again. It whitethorn lone beryllium a little visit, but we cognize from his past that David ne'er fails to make a batch of play successful a precise abbreviated time."

Chris Clenshaw, EastEnders Executive Producer, besides teased: "David Wicks is undoubtedly 1 of EastEnders’ astir beloved rogues, and we are thrilled to invited the talented Michael French backmost to the legendary relation arsenic we pb up to the show’s 40^th anniversary. David’s quality was ne'er shy of play during his erstwhile stints, and I tin guarantee you this instrumentality volition beryllium nary different."

With David and stepbrother Ian Beale - who is backmost with his ex Cindy - locked successful a decades-long feud, it looks similar determination could beryllium occupation up successful Walford, particularly erstwhile Ian finds retired Cindy's erstwhile occurrence is back.

It's harmless to accidental that wherever David goes, occupation soon follows!

*EastEnders airs Mondays done Thursdays astatine 7.30pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer