Who is David Wicks in EastEnders? BBC soap legend Michael French reprises role in epic return

Bianca Jackson got the daze of a beingness during this Thursday's instalment of EastEnders arsenic she was confronted by her father, David Wicks

David Wicks has returned to Albert Square successful Bianca Jackson's hr of need, but however agelong volition helium enactment and volition she judge his help?

Bianca, portrayed by Patsy Palmer, is hopeless to escaped her sister Sonia Fowler from prison, arsenic the beloved caregiver was framed for Debbie's execution by her ain fiance.

But portion she's adamant connected Reiss being the existent culprit, galore successful Albert Square judge she is spiralling retired of power and 1 notable resident, Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), has begged her to get assistance for her depression.

However, this Thursday (October 3, 2024), Bianca was confronted by different acrophobic Walford nonmigratory successful the cafe arsenic Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier) gave her his ain diagnosis, based connected his ain experience, arsenic helium told her she may beryllium struggling with ADHD. But this wasn't capable for Bianca to admit she needed help.

As the instalment of the BBC One amusement drew to a close, Bianca drowned her sorrows astatine the Queen Vic earlier getting the footwear from landlord George Knight (Colin Salmon). Though Junior (Micah Balfour) tried to assistance her, it wasn't agelong earlier Bianca ended up successful a heap of bin bags arsenic David Wicks spotted her for the archetypal clip successful years.

Long-time viewers of the London-based programme volition retrieve that David Wicks is the lad of Pat Evans and Pete Beale, who divided up erstwhile helium and his half-brother Simon Wicks were children. When Pat remarried to Brian Wicks, David was adopted by the second and helium has been carrying his sanction ever since.

David Wicks has had aggregate stints successful Walford arsenic helium archetypal appeared successful 1993 earlier leaving the Square 3 years later. He past returned successful 2012, leaving that aforesaid year. The soap fable was past seen again from 2013 to 2014, but helium has remained distant from Walford for the past decade.

Before helium was ever known to anybody successful Walford, David shared a enslaved with Carol Branning during his adolescence. After a one-night stand, Carol became pregnant, prompting David and the Branning household to impulse to person an abortion.

David was beaten up by Carol's member Derek Branning arsenic a effect and, owed to the lad's aggression, the Wicks were forced to permission Walford down and David ne'er knew if Carol went done the termination oregon not. Neglected by his parent and abused by his convulsive stepfather, David recovered comfortableness successful the arms of his adjacent woman Lorraine Foster and the brace tied the knot.

Shortly aft the nuptials, Lorraine gave commencement to a son, Joe Wicks, and helium was followed by a girl named Karen, 2 years later. Unfortunately, 19-year-old David wasn't pleased with his life, believing helium had been tied down excessively young. After respective affairs, David walked retired connected his woman and children successful 1988, and mislaid each interaction with them.

During his archetypal stint successful the Square, David bumped into his aged woman Carol aft uncovering retired she had moved backmost with her 4 children and helium began to autumn for her oldest daughter, Bianca, wholly unaware helium was her father. Carol, spotting him lurking astir her, instantly spilled the beans and David agreed to support his region from her, overmuch to the young girl's chagrin. Her paternity was revealed successful explosive scenes aired successful March, 1995.

Years later, David went connected to betray his ain half-brother Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) by sleeping with his woman Cindy (Michelle Collins) and the matter person devastating consequences for the villainess, who rapidly plotted to tally distant with him and person Ian murdered.

David's fickle quality struck again as, up of their departure, helium dumped Cindy astatine Waterloo station, backing retired of their program astatine the past minute. Betrayed and fto down by her lover, Cindy's fearfulness turned to dread and despair arsenic she was arrested for conspiracy to execution aft hiring a hitman to destruct Ian.

While Cindy expected died and was thrown into the witnesser extortion strategy with a caller identity, David's beingness continued successful Milan until his instrumentality successful 2012 to sojourn his mother. Unbeknownst to him astatine the time, Pat was suffering from pancreatic cancer. During this 2nd stint, David Wicks had to dodge Derek Branning's attacks arsenic helium tried to settee an aged score. Pat yet died successful David's arms, and helium near soon aft for New Zealand successful a bid to get distant from Derek.

Since then, David tried to spot things up with Carol successful 2013 but the brace agreed to enactment an extremity to their on-off transportation for bully and, aft a insignificant bosom attack, helium near Walford for America a twelvemonth later. David was past mentioned successful May, 2024, erstwhile Bianca herself walked backmost into the Square, claiming she hadn't spoken to her begetter successful years. Will they yet get along?

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