Antony ‘Tony’ Hills is the son of Ted Hills and Irene Raymond. He is also the brother of Sarah Hills, as well as being the nephew of Kathy Beale. He is portrayed by Mark Homer.
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Tony arrives in Walford from Norfolk on 7 September 1995 with his sister, Sarah Hills. He sells ecstasy with a friend, Dan Zappieri. Eventually, he quits dealing after Dan gives Sarah ecstasy without her knowledge.
Tony begins a relationship with Tiffany Raymond and lives with her for a while. She becomes pregnant and the baby is assumed to be Tony's. However, Tiffany catches him kissing her brother Simon Raymond, with whom he then starts a relationship, and the baby is revealed to be Grant Mitchell's. Tony still believes the baby may be his until, after it is born, a paternity test confirms he is not the father.
Tony and Simon have a turbulent relationship and Tony has affairs with singer Frankie Pierre and journalist Polly Becker. Tony begins as a trainee journalist at the Walford Gazette. Simon discovers the affairs and the couple split up. Tony's experiments with ecstasy and general pro-drug attitudes cause him to once say, "no-one ever died from taking E". He has a relationship with Teresa di Marco, but after Tiffany dies and Simon nearly burns to death in a house fire, Tony reconciles with Simon. Simon has trouble accepting that Tony is bisexual rather than gay but Tony convinces Simon that he is the one he wants and they leave Albert Square together in April 1999 to travel around Europe.
A letter sent to Tony's family reveals the couple have settled in Amsterdam.