You may or may not recognise the name Graham Cole but as soon as I say PC Tony Stamp many thousands of people in various countries would immediately know exactly who I’m talking about.
Graham Cole has been playing the part of Tony Stamp in ITV’s cop drama The Bill for 22 years. The show is extremely popular in Australia where it is shown on ABC TV.
I’m a big fan of The Bill so it was a real pleasure to give Graham a call this morning, during my radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM, to chat about his role in the long running show. I even gave him a little policing advice.
We talked about some of the times that he has been mistaken for a real police officer and the thrill of working on such a popular television programme. We also talked about his battle with deafness and the operation which helped him to hear more clearly.
I get to talk to a lot of people from a variety of backgrounds during my radio programme and I don’t think there’d be too many that would match the enthusiasm and warmth of Graham Cole. It was a delight to catch up with him and if you’d like to listen to our conversation you can click the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post.
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As an avid Bill fan (well at least before I left Oz)I used to watch it religiously twice a week. It’s great to see you having such a good variety of people on your show.
The interview was fantastic. Big ‘To-n’ he’s a favourite fo mine!