PC Tony Stamp was a long term character in The Bill between 1987 and 2009. Tony made his first appearance in 1984 as an un-credited extra, however he made his first regular character appearance in 1987. Tony has always been a fundamentally decent person. When his father's care became too much of a financial burden for him to bear with a policeman's salary alone, Tony took on a second job as a taxicab driver to fund his father's care.