List of East Enders Characters (2009) - George Trott

George Michael Trott, played by Joshua Jacobs, is the son of Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison) and Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins), named after his mother's favourite singer, George Michael. He is born in the show, in the episode broadcast on 20 October 2009, though it was actually set three days later. Heather discovers she is pregnant in May 2009, which comes as a shock to her as she is 41 years old. She decides to keep the identity of the father a close secret, however, the possible fathers are Darren, Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), Minty Peterson (Cliff Parisi) and Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick). George left the series when he returned to Darren after Heather's death.

After George is born, Darren gets used to having a son and continues to provide for him. In July 2010, Heather makes plans to have George christened. He is christened in September 2010; his godparents are Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker), Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) and Minty Peterson. In February 2011, Heather leaves George alone one day and later suffers financial problems and suffers carbon monoxide poisoning from her faulty boiler. She is unable to look after George and leaves him with Darren as she feels he is better off there. Darren's fiancée Jodie Gold (Kylie Babbington) soon gives Darren an ultimatum, and when Darren struggles with George on his own, he returns George to Heather.When Darren announces he is moving away from Walford, he asks Heather to take good care of George, and gives her some money. The money enables Heather and George to move into their own flat. At one point, George is at nursery when he is hurt by Amy Mitchell after she scratches him. When Heather's new partner Andrew Cotton (Ricky Grover) moves into their flat, he looks after George. After Heather is murdered, George is taken into emergency foster care. George is then returned to Shirley as she is his godmother, while social services attempt to track down Darren. Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) tries to locate Darren himself and eventually manages to get in contact with him. George is then collected by social services and taken to Darren.