The Bill legend Graham Cole in interview (VIDEO)

By Patrick McLennan
( What's on TV )
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The Bill legend Graham Cole in interview (VIDEO)
The Bill legend Graham Cole in interview (VIDEO) (Image credit: Doug Peters/EMPICS Entertainment)

He played Pc Tony Stamp for more than 25 years in Sun Hill, but earlier this year actor Graham Cole left The Bill after the ITV1 show was revamped. Graham's memories formed the basis of his new autobiography, On The Beat, available in bookstores now, but he also exclusively answered whatsontv.co.uk readers' questions about his life, his career, his future and, of course, Crimbo.

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Watch the first part of the Graham Cole interview below. (Part two will follow next week.)

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.