{"id":694,"date":"2014-11-17T19:37:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T19:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelfrenchnet.fansitehost.com\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2014-11-17T19:37:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T19:37:54","slug":"eastenders-michael-french-to-bow-out-as-david-wicks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/?page_id=694","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders: Michael French to bow out as David Wicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"article-standfirst\">As David prepares to wed Carol, the big question is: will he actually get to marry his former flame?<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"inline-tag\" title=\"Read more articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/tag\/michael%20french\">Michael French<\/a> is to depart <a class=\"inline-tag\" title=\"Read more articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/eastenders\">EastEnders<\/a> again, RadioTimes.com can confirm. A spokesperson for the BBC1 soap revealed today that the actor &#8211; who returned to the role of David Wicks last September \u00a0&#8211; only ever intended to stay for a short stint, but agreed to extend his contract following the arrival of executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins.<\/p>\n<p>Since his reappearance in 2013, David has charmed old flame Carol Jackson (<a class=\"inline-tag\" title=\"Read more articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/tag\/lindsey%20coulson\">Lindsey Coulson<\/a>) and seen off the continued advances of air hostesss Nikki Spraggan (Rachel Wilde). A current storyline sees David preparing to marry Carol, but show bosses are keeping the exact details of the wedding day under wraps.<\/p>\n<p>A source said to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/showbiz-tv\/hot-tv\/379383\/EastEnders-Third-runner-for-Michael-French-who-plays-David-Wicks\">Daily Star Sunday<\/a> of French&#8217;s departure: \u201cMichael has been a great addition to the cast since he returned last year. Everyone knows what a perfectionist Michael is. He\u2019s created a soap icon in David Wicks but sadly for all of his fans he\u2019s now set to leave again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During his original time on the BBC1 soap between 1993 and 1996, David\u2019s most notable storyline saw him have an affair with Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), wife of his half-brother Ian (Adam Woodyatt). During the course of the fling, Cindy even hired a hitman to kill Ian, although he did of course survive the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>After appearing on <a class=\"inline-tag\" title=\"Read more articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/eastenders\">EastEnders<\/a>, <a class=\"inline-tag\" title=\"Read more articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/tag\/michael%20french\">Michael French<\/a>\u00a0went on to star in the short-lived fantasy drama Crime Traveller before embarking on a long-running stint as Nick Jordan on both Holby City and Casualty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As David prepares to wed Carol, the big question is: will he actually get to marry his former flame? Michael French is to depart EastEnders again, RadioTimes.com can confirm. A spokesperson for the BBC1 soap revealed today that the actor &#8211; who returned to the role of David Wicks last September \u00a0&#8211; only ever intended &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/?page_id=694\" 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-694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694","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=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"https:\/\/michael-french.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions\/695"}],"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=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}