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  Character Name Simon Wicks
  Actor Name Nick Berry
  Years 1985 – 1990
  Dob Unknown
  Status Single
  Occupation Barman
  Family Steven , Pat , David , Brian


Simon 'Wicksy' Wicks was a Fictional Character in the British BBC Soap Opera '' EastEnders ''. He was played by Nick Berry .

Simon was a flash charmer, who had an eye for the ladies. He shied away from responsibility and tended to run a mile when things got too serious.


SIMON'S STORY


Simon (or Wicksy, as he was commonly known) arrived in Albert Square in 1985 , when he came in search of the man he thought was his father, the local market trader Pete Beale . Right from the start, Wicksy attracted the attention of the locals, who admired his flashy car and stylish dress sense, and it wasn't long before he was upsetting the 'status quo' in Walford .

Wicksy was the product of Pete's first marriage to the promiscuous Pat Harris , and after their marriage deteriorated, Wicksy was adopted by Pat's second husband Brian Wicks. Simon had been estranged from Pete for some time, and his father's new wife and family found Wicksy's arrival hard to deal with at first, particularly Pete's second son Ian Beale , who viewed him as a threat. However, he was soon welcomed into the family, and he and Ian became firm friends.

Wicksy's mother Pat arrived in Albert Square in 1986 , much to the dismay of her former husband and his family, who despised Pat for her past misdemeanours, which had torn a rift in Pete's family and caused their marriage to break up. Not long after arriving, Pat dropped the bombshell that there was a strong possibility that Simon was not Pete's biological son and she admitted to having an affair, whilst she and Pete were married, with her current husband Brian, and also with Pete's older brother Kenny, as well as Pete's best friend Den Watts . Pat admitted that she was unsure as to who Simon and his brother David 's real fathers were, and confessed that she had pretended to Pete that they were his to hide her past affairs and save her marriage. Many subsequent feuds resulted, and the revelations put a severe strain on Simon's relationship with his mother, which was already damaged due to Simon's disapproval of his mother's nonchalant style of parenting. His father was later revealed to be Brian Wicks (although later plotlines indicate that it is Kenny Beale ). Simon went to visit Brian, following this revelation, but his father was abusive towards him and so he decided that he wanted nothing more to do with him.

During Simon's time in Albert Square, he worked as a barman in both The Queen Victoria pub and the Dagmar wine bar (which was owned by James Wilmott-Brown ), and he was often seen playing the pub piano and singing Cockney favourites to the regulars. Wicksy was extrememly popular with the ladies, bedding Donna Ludlow , Mary Smith and Naima Jeffery among others, but his first serious relationship was with the local caterer Magda Czajkowski , who was considerably older than Simon, and had been having an extra-marrital affair with Simon's boss Den when he poached her from him.


SIMON AND CINDY


In 1988 , Wicksy caught the eye of new Walford arrival Cindy Williams , but after a brief fling, Simon stepped out of the running in order to give his step-brother, Ian, a shot with her. Even though Cindy and Ian planned to marry, it didn't stop Simon embarking on a secret affair with Cindy behind Ian's back. This culminated in Cindy falling pregnant with Simon's child. Cindy was madly in love with Wicksy, but upon realising that she was expecting, he called off their affair and told her that he wanted nothing to do with her or the baby. Cindy went ahead with her marriage to Ian and deceived Ian into thinking that her baby was actually his. She gave birth to Steven in 1989 .

Meanwhile, Simon embarked on a relationship with barmaid Sharon Watts and the two moved in together after Sharon's father Den was allegedly murdered in 1989 . Sharon had fallen hard for Simon and she made plans to buy The Vic, so they could run it together and settle down. However, Simon found this prospect daunting and was not prepared to get involved with such a heavy commitment. He started contemplating what life with Cindy would be like and suddenly developed a paternal instinct towards his son. It wasn't long before he had ditched Sharon and reconciled with Cindy. After a lot of sordid meetings behind Ian's back, Cindy finally plucked up the courage to confess her affair to Ian and informed him that Steven was Simon's son. Ian refused to believe this, however, and was determined to keep both Cindy and Steven in his life. After Cindy moved out to be with Simon, Ian became extrememly depressed, later crashing his car and injuring himself in a possible Suicide attempt.

After blood tests confirmed that Simon was Steven's real father, Ian became deranged and devoted his time to getting revenge on Simon. Simon was still working at The Queen Vic under new landlord Eddie Royle , an ex-policeman who often made his working environment unpleasant. Simon was accused of theft from The Queen Vic, when marked notes were found in his pocket; however, it was later revealed that Ian had planted them there in an attempt to get Simon arrested. When this failed, Ian tried to end Simon's life by sabotaging the brakes on the van he was driving, nearly killing him in the process.

Finally, Simon could stand Ian's psychotic behaviour no longer, and on Steven's 1st birthday in 1990 , Simon and Cindy left to start a new life together away from Walford.

Since his departure, Cindy returned to Albert Square and divulged that Simon had run out on her and Steven not long after they left. It has since been revealed that he is living in New Zealand with his probable father Kenny Beale. In 2002 , Simon's son Steven, who had so far been brought up by Ian, found out that Simon was his biological father, and moved to New Zealand to be with him.


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