Darren Miller

EastEnders character
Darren Miller
Portrayed by	Charlie G. Hawkins
Duration	2004—
First appearance	6 September 2004
Date of birth	27 January 1991
Status	In a relationship
Home	27 Albert Square
Occupation	Office Assistant
Family	Keith, Rosie, Demi, Mickey, Dawn

Darren Miller is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is played by Charlie G. Hawkins, and made his first appearance on 6 September 2004.

History

Darren arrived in Albert Square to join his half brother Mickey, along with mum Rosie, dad Keith, twin sister Demi and Genghis, the family dog. He was later joined by Demi's baby Aleesha and his elder half sister Dawn. He revealed that he was having problems reading and writing, and started learning, along with his dad.

Darren Miller as he appeared in 2005.

In November 2005, Darren found thousands of pounds thrown out in the rubbish (the money was meant for Chrissie Watts' bail but was accidentally thrown out by Nana Moon). Darren used the money to buy a mobile phone, and spent lots of it on his new girlfriend, Kylie. Kylie broke up with Darren when Stacey Slater refused to sell him alcohol. Darren then shared some of the money with Demi so she could buy a headstone for her boyfriend, Leo's grave. A few weeks later, Darren and Demi overheard Jake Moon saying he had lost a lot of money, so they realised it was his money they had found. Darren and Demi used the money to buy expensive Christmas decorations for their home. Alfie Moon realised they must have found the money and confronted Darren, who denied it. Alfie later decided not to tell Jake he knew what happened to the money, before leaving Walford for America. On 27 December 2005, Dawn found the money when looking for some perfume that Darren had taken. Darren and Demi confronted Dawn and she said they had to split the money three ways. They did so for a while, hiding the money in the sofa. When Keith found Darren with some of the money, he took it and said he'd use some of it to buy Rosie a present. Darren had told him that he found the money on the street. Keith did not know there was more money hidden away. Dawn and Mickey's father, Mike stayed with the family for a while and slept on the sofa. He discovered the money hidden in the sofa and stole it from them, suggesting to Keith that he get a new sofa, so they put the old one on a bonfire. Dawn, Darren and Demi, thinking the money was still inside, were horrified to discover the sofa on fire. Darren got a job at the car lot and tried to beat Deano Wicks to find a name for the business in order to win a car. In late May 2006, Darren found himself a new friend and fancier, Libby Fox. When Darren played truant and missed the school photograph, Libby photoshopped his face onto the photo so he could trick his parents into believing he was at school. The pair then played a prank on Libby's sister, Chelsea, by photoshopping images of her and advertising her as a call girl.

Darren's attempt to seduce Li didn't go according to plan (2006).

There was tension in Rosie and Keith's relationship when Rosie kissed Mike. Rosie planned to run off with him but stayed with Keith for Darren and Demi's sake. Keith forgave Rosie and Mike left Albert Square, however Keith and Rosie later split up for a brief period and Keith moved out and lived with Garry Hobbs and Minty Peterson. Keith moved back in when he proposed to Rosie, but he didn't really want to get married. Keith kept putting off the wedding, but Rosie didn't want to wait, and the wedding ceremony took place on 4 July 2006 at Walford Register Office. However, Rosie couldn't go through with the wedding and jilted Keith halfway through the ceremony. The next day, Rosie told the family she planned to move away with Darren, Demi and Aleesha to take on a new job as housekeeper in the Cotswolds, and start a new life without Keith. Darren was not happy with the news and didn't want to leave. Rosie didn't want Darren to grow up in London as he would just end up like Keith. Rosie convinced Keith to get Darren to leave, by saying he wasn't interested in bringing up his son. As Darren, Rosie, Demi and Aleesha made their exit in Rosie's brother Clint's car, Rosie saw how upset Darren was and decided to tell him that Keith had made it all up, and she allowed him to stay in Walford with his dad. Rosie, Demi and Aleesha moved away on 7 July 2006. On 27 December 2006, Darren attempted to seduce Li Chong, but was left stunned, when she tied him to the bed and left him to suffer the humiliation at the hands of Mickey and Keith. Darren Libby finally started a relationship in May 2007, over a game of Scrabble. When Darren asked her whether they were together, she spelled out "yes" on the game board. Keith wanted to move to South London with Darren and start a new life, because he feared he was a bad father after Darren and Libby almost had sex. However Darren refused to leave so Keith stayed too. Darren and Libby had their first kiss at the train station, where Darren was about to board a train to stay with his mum for a while. When Darren was due to return to Walford, he didn't turn up to the train station like he said he would. Libby later found out from Keith that Darren decided to stay with his Mum. Darren returned on 4 October 2007 and Libby saw him talking to his sister on his mobile. Libby was hurt when he mentioned someone called Clara, assuming that he had found a new girlfriend, but Clara turned out to be a puppy. In November 2007, Darren's employer Kevin Wicks started selling stolen cars on the car lot, that he got from Phil Mitchell. Kevin did not know they were stolen, but Darren worked it out from looking at the paperwork. A policeman, Kenny Morris, showed interest in one of the cars but Darren put him off buying it. He later returned out of uniform and bought the car from Kevin. Darren then told Kevin they were stolen cars, so they got Kenny's address and stole his car, setting it on fire. After Kevins death, due to a dodgy car, Phil offered Darren the car lot. He accepted.

Family

• Father: Keith Miller
• Mother: Rosie Miller
• Sister: Demi Miller
• Half brother: Mickey Miller
• Half sister: Dawn Swann
• Nieces: Aleesha Miller, Summer Swann
• Uncle: Clint

External links

• Darren Miller at bbc.co.uk