Joe Wicks

Joe Wicks
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About
Portrayed by	Paul Nicholl (search)
Introduced by	Corinne Hollingworth
Gender	Male
First Appearance	25 March 1996
Last Appearance	14 November 1997
Credits	List of appearances
Episode Count	162
Status	Alive
Age	39
Date of Birth	26 August 1980
Occupation	Student
Classification	Former; regular
Relationships/Known relatives
Father	David Wicks
Mother	Lorraine Foster
Sisters	Karen Wicks
Half-Sisters	Bianca Butcher
Grandfathers	Pete Beale Mr Foster
Grandmothers	Pat Evans Hazel Foster
Great-grandfathers	Albert Beale
Great-grandmothers	Lou Beale Lydia Harris
Uncles	Simon Wicks Ian Beale
Nephews	Liam Butcher Morgan Butcher
Nieces	Natasha Butcher Tiffany Butcher Whitney Dean (adoptive)
First cousins	Steven Beale Peter Beale Lucy Beale Bobby Beale
Other known relatives	Pauline Fowler Mark Fowler Michelle Fowler Martin Fowler Vicki Fowler Mark Fowler Rebecca Fowler Hope Fowler
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Joe Wicks made his first appearance 25 March 1996. He is portrayed by Paul Nicholl.

Storylines

Joe arrives in Albert Square from Bolton in 1996, looking for his father, David Wicks, following the death of his sister Karen. At first, David rejects his son, not wanting him back in his life, and sends him back. However, after Joe runs away again and turns up at David's, he becomes more receptive to having Joe in his life. Eventually Joe and his mother Lorraine move to London and Joe moves in with David. Things are OK for a while but Karen's death has seriously affected Joe. He blames himself because the day Karen died, they had had an argument over who would sit in the front seat of the car. Joe won and Karen was in the back when a lorry crashed into the car. Karen was horrifically injured and died whilst Joe was barely injured at all. This leads to Joe developing schizophrenia and exhibiting increasingly strange behaviour. Whilst suffering from schizophrenia, Joe attempts suicide, at one point hides Nellie Ellis (Elizabeth Kelly)'s dead cat Mandoo in a box in his bedroom and shocks his father David when he covers his room with old newspaper articles relating to aliens.

While in Walford, Joe gets engaged to Sarah Hills, but has a one night stand with his second cousin Mary Flaherty and realises he is too young to get married, so calls off the engagement. He and his mother, Lorraine, leave in 1997, returning to Bolton and he reportedly reconciles with Sarah many years later.

In 2012, when David returns to Walford to visit his dying mother, Pat, he tells her that Joe has a girlfriend who has children, and that David stayed with them for a while but it did not work out. However when David is arguing with Carol Jackson it is revealed that Joe and David have lost contact and he has no address for his son.

Notes

• EastEnders was praised for the character's portrayal of schizophrenia.

See also

• Joe Wicks - List of appearances

Gallery

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