mickey miller, played by joe swash, makes his first appearance on 15 april 2003. introduced as a guest character, mickey proved popular and was turned into a regular by executive producer louise berridge. the character is portrayed as a , involved in various money-making scams. a family is built around the character in 2004 when the other millers move to albert square. it was announced on 25 february 2008 that the characters of mickey and his stepfather keith (david spinx) had been axed by "eastenders"<nowiki>'</nowiki> executive producer diederick santer. mickey leaves on 1 july 2008. in july 2011, it was announced swash would reprise his role for the departure storyline of his screen brother darren (charlie g. hawkins). he appears for two episodes on 19 and 20 september 2011.