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The Kim Howard storyKim Howard is originally from Erinsborough and his parents still live there. Kim now lives in Wangaratta, a Victorian country town renowned for its yearly jazz festival, where he is the PE teacher at Wangaratta High School. When he was first transferred to Wangaratta from a Melbourne high school, he faxed a request to Wangaratta High asking if any of the teachers there needed a house mate. Susan Kennedy had just recently arrived at Wangaratta High and was used to having a family around her and also assuming that Kim Howard was a female agreed to share her house with Kim. |
| When Kim makes his entrance (Episode 3013) a very surprised Susan discovers that her new house mate is actually a man. Kim is an expert cook and a fun guy to be around and soon he and Susan are best of friends which causes a little jealousy with Dr. Karl. Kim and Susan regularly travel back to Erinsborough to visit their families and Kim often calls around the Kennedy household. Once while at the Kennedy's to get a ride back to Wangaratta with Susan, Kim meets the beautiful Sarah Beaumont and becomes immediately smitten. Susan noticing this decides to become a match maker and schemes to get Kim and Sarah together, much to Karl's annoyance. |
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Susan invites Kim and Sarah around for dinner and they hit it off famously. Kim discovers that he had actually seen Sarah before on a billboard when he lived in London for a year a couple of years ago. Susan's plan works and Kim and Sarah start dating but Sarah warns him that she's not interested in anything serious and Kim notices that often her mind is on something or someone else. Kim confesses to Sarah that the last woman he fell in love with turned out to be married and he was devastated by this. Sarah seeing Kim's honesty, vulnerability and similarity to her own circumstances begins to think that maybe Kim is the right man for her and maybe she can get over Karl. |
Unfortunately for Kim, Sarah cannot get her mind off Karl and their relationship is doomed. Kim knows there's another man in her thoughts and begins to suspect that it maybe his friend's husband, Karl. A position becomes available at Erinsborough High School and Susan decides to take it and move back home with her family. Susan and Kim remain great friends and see each other often as Kim is in Erinsborough every weekend visiting Sarah.
Not only was Karl jealous of Kim, because he was living with his wife and they developed a fantastic relationship, but also because of his interest in Sarah. Kim however, is not about to hang around and be made a fool of so he confronts Sarah and tells her "Good-bye….don't bother trying to explain….it's been an interesting experience" and that is the last time he sees Sarah. Kim's suspicions of Karl are confirmed while he is at the Kennedy's telling of his break up with Sarah and notices Karl's strange behavior.
| Before returning to Wangaratta, the following day, Kim challenges Karl to tell the truth and although he's upset about Sarah he is more concerned for his friend Susan. Kim advises Karl to tell the truth to Susan because "Doesn't your wife at least deserve that!", but Karl is too gutless to admit anything so Kim returns to Wangaratta and is not seen in Erinsborough for a few weeks. Eventually Susan discovers Karl's secret and rightly kicks him out. When Kim does return to Erinsborough to see his friend Susan, he realizes something has happened because of the removal van out front and Susan's bizarre behavior. Being the good friend he is Kim gets the story out of Susan and he consoles her then takes her out to lunch. |
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Kim's company is distracting Susan from her grief and
his wise words are thought provoking to her. Libby notices Kim's effect
on her mother and begs him to take away on a short holiday to help her
recover and reluctantly, at first, Kim agrees and takes Susan to his
sister's holiday house in the country. Susan takes out her frustrations
by chopping wood and faces her demons, laughs and cries while Kim dodges
flying fire wood, listens, supports, cooks and helps Susan to move on.(Episode
3117)
After the holiday Susan returns to Erinsborough and Kim, the good, compassionate
friend and teacher who is unlucky in love, returns to Wangaratta.
The Paul Dawber Story ( in brief )
Paul Dawber is an accomplished actor who not only played
Kim Howard in Neighbours but also had the role of Todd Buckley in the
last year of the 80's soap Sons & Daughters and is best remembered
for marrying Charlie in the very final episode.
Paul Dawber is a theatre trained actor (The National Theatre, Melbourne)
and his stage work has ranged from The Royal Queensland Theatre Co.
to The Los Angeles Shakespeare Co.
Click here to visit his website