Keith Miller (EastEnders)

Keith Miller
EastEnders character
Portrayed by	David Spinx
Introduced by	Louise Berridge
Duration	2004–08
First appearance	6 September 2004
Last appearance	1 July 2008
Classification	Former; regular
Profile
Date of birth	1 October 1959
Occupation	Hotel Concierge
Family Sons Darren Miller Daughters Demi Miller Grandsons George Trott Granddaughters Aleesha Miller

Keith Miller is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by David Spinx. He made his first appearance on 6 September 2004. It was announced on 25 February 2008 that the characters of Keith and Mickey had been axed by EastEnders' executive producer Diederick Santer. He left the show on 1 July 2008.^[1]

Storylines

Keith arrives with his partner Rosie (Gerry Cowper), their twins Darren (Charlie G. Hawkins) and Demi (Shana Swash), and the family dog, Genghis, joining Rosie's son Mickey (Joe Swash) and moving into 27 Albert Square. They are later joined by Demi's newborn baby Aleesha (Freya and Phoebe Coltman-West), Rosie's daughter Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon) and Dawn's daughter, Summer Swann. Keith, who does not work and spends his time watching documentaries on television, has his incapacity benefits stopped when Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) catches him on CCTV moving heavy boxes and reports him for benefit fraud. However, he remains unemployed, and it is revealed that he is illiterate, but his family encourage him to learn to read and write.

Rosie drops several hints that she wants Keith to propose, but he eventually leaves her when he discovers she plans to leave him for her ex-husband, Mike Swann (Mark Wingett), and he moves in with Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves) and Minty Peterson (Cliff Parisi). He later forgives Rosie when she begs for another chance and movs back in with her. Mike leaves but leaves a message for Dawn on the Millers' answering machine. Keith deletes the message as he does not want Mike to have anything to do with the family. Mike's mother, Nora Swann (Pamela Cundell), later dies in hospital and they have no way of contacting Mike to let him know. Rosie kicks Keith out and he moves in with Gus (Mohammed George) and Juley Smith (Joseph Kpobie). Keith desperately wants Rosie back and knows the only thing he can offer her is marriage. He proposes and they get back together. However, Keith tries to delay the wedding as he is not really interested in getting married. He later realises that nothing will really change after they get married, and soon changes his mind.

Rosie does not want to put off the wedding any longer and the ceremony takes place at Walford Register Office. Keith arrives late with mud on his suit but Rosie cannot go through with the wedding and jilts Keith half way through the ceremony. Keith decides to change his ways and help more around the house. However, this does not change Rosie's mind. She tells Keith she is no longer in love with him, and is taking a job in the Cotswolds, and taking Darren, Demi and Aleesha with her. She prepares to leave but Darren does not want to go, so Rosie convinces Keith to make Darren leave by saying he is not interested in his son. Darren is upset and decides to go, however, when Rosie sees how upset he is, she allows him to stay, revealing that Keith was lying.

Keith wins on the lottery but loses the ticket. The next day Dawn, Mickey and Darren are furious at him so he offers to get a job. However, he changes his mind but lies to Dawn. When she, Mikey and Darren discover the lie, the throw him out of the house, even though he found a job as a roadsweeper. He moves in with Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra), who owes him a favour. May Wright (Amanda Drew) sets the Millers' house on fire after her attempts to kidnap Summer. Keith was supposed to be on the lookout for May but was revising for a pub quiz in The Queen Victoria. Wracked with guilt, he goes into the burning building and rescues Dawn.

Mickey discovers a letter from Rosie offering Keith a job working as a concierge at the hotel she was working at in the Cotswolds. Keith, however, has kept this letter hidden from his family for over a month. Angry that he has not followed up to contact Rosie about the job, Mickey applies for the job instead. Keith admits to Dawn that he still loves Rosie but cannot take the risk of accepting the job and being rejected by her. As Mickey is set to leave, a newly groomed Keith, along with Genghis, tells Mickey he has decided to accept the job after all and that he is coming with him. They leave for the Cotswolds, leaving Darren, Dawn and Summer in Walford. Dawn later reveals that Keith and Rosie have reconciled.

References

1. ^ "'Enders boss axes Mickey and Keith", Digital Spy. URL last accessed 2008-02-25.

External links

• Keith Miller at BBC Online