David "Bombhead" Burke is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Lee Otway.

Otway told Claire Brand from Inside Soap that "Bombhead is loveable, but he is in his own little world half the time."

[1] In July 2002, writers created an inappropriate crush story for Bombhead, when he falls in love with the older character Helen Cunningham (Kathryn George).

Otway told Brand that his character really believes Helen flashed her underwear on purpose and is "completely hooked" on her.

[1] He applies for a job at Helen's ironing business, Steam Team, believing she will obviously hire him because "she fancies him".

"[1] When they meet up, Helen tells Bombhead he is fired from working at Steam Team because he lacks the required experience.

Helen becomes annoyed with Bombhead's refusal to accept reality and attempts a more direct explanation, but his infatuation grows.

Otway explained that Bombhead becomes convinced Helen is "playing hard to get" and is worried about leaving her husband, Gordon Cunningham (Bernard Latham).

Slightly odd, socially inept and occasionally stupid, but with a heart of gold, David frequently misunderstood other characters to comic effect.

Unable to accept her death, he lived with her body and continued to act as if she were still alive, doing her dry cleaning and cooking her meals.

David's only form of comfort during this time was a recurring hallucination of Gordon Cunningham, who would offer advice and try to convince Bombhead to accept what had happened and ask his friends for help.

In the spinoff Hollyoaks: Freshers, Lee called Bombhead to ask if he should propose to his girlfriend Leanne Holiday.

[7] A writer from Virgin Media opined that Bombhead was "nice but dim" and a "good-hearted joker" with a "morbid fear of clowns".

[8] Zoe Delaney from Daily Mirror stated that viewers "fondly remember the character" and his "loveable personality".

[6] An Inside Soap critic praised Hollyoaks' return to a good "standard" in August 2002 due to story changes.