{"id":360,"date":"2014-09-24T17:41:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T17:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelfrenchnet.fansitehost.com\/?page_id=360"},"modified":"2014-10-10T09:11:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T09:11:19","slug":"profile-inside-soap-1996","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/?page_id=360","title":{"rendered":"Profile &#8211; Inside Soap 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>character<\/b>: David Wicks, the slick-haired romeo of Albert Square, has used more women than he has used cars! After arriving on his mum Pat&#8217;s doorstep three years ago, it was soon revealed that the smooth operator is no loser in the lust department!<br \/>\nChildhood sweetheart Carol Jackson, the mother of his grown-up daughter Bianca, lives round the corner, while ex-wife Lorraine has also set up home in Walford for the sake of there son Joe. He also had a fling with sexy Sam Mitchell. But David&#8217;s womanizing ways have finally caught up with him. After having an affair with his sister-in-law Cindy Beale for over a year, the couple&#8217;s sinful secret is finally out- and Ian&#8217;s not happy!<\/p>\n<p><b>Age<\/b>: 34<\/p>\n<p><b>Lives<\/b>: London<\/p>\n<p><b>Previous Career<\/b>: Michael&#8217;s career got off to a high-flying start when he worked as an air steward. Back on the solid ground, he worked as a estate agent and a bluecoat in Majorca before joining a drama club and landing roles in such stage productions as <i>Les Miserables<\/i> and <i>West Side Story<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>David Wicks is his first major TV role. Unfortunately, it looks as id dodgy dealer David will be waving goodbye to Albert Square this autumn, because Michael is leaving <i>Eastenders<\/i> to star in a new BBC sci-fi series <i>The Crime Traveller<\/i>, in which he will play a time-travelling detective.<\/p>\n<p><i>Off screen<\/i>: He can sing and dance! Michael is an expert at tap, modern and ballroom dancing. He&#8217;s also a sports fan and enjoys tennis, squash, skiing and swimming.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fascinataing Fact<\/b>: Michael is a real-life Eastender! He was born in Bow, where his family ran a greengrocer&#8217;s business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>character: David Wicks, the slick-haired romeo of Albert Square, has used more women than he has used cars! After arriving on his mum Pat&#8217;s doorstep three years ago, it was soon revealed that the smooth operator is no loser in the lust department! Childhood sweetheart Carol Jackson, the mother of his grown-up daughter Bianca, lives &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/?page_id=360\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":257,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-360","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360\/revisions\/494"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}