The Following is a list of characters axed from The Bill with a mention of the character's last appearance on UK television too.
Axed by Michael Chapman (1989–1998)[]
- Inspector Christine Frazer (11th January 1990)
- PC Francis "Taffy" Edwards (11th January 1990) (1st Character to be axed)
- Sergeant Joseph Corrie (18th July 1991)
- Sergent Alec Peters
- DC Mike Dashwood
- Sergeant Jane Kendall (21st September 1993)
- DI Harry Haines (31st December 1993)
- Chief Inspector Paul Stritch (12th October 1995)
- WPC Donna Harris (27th February 1996)
- Sergeant Ray Steele (11th April 1996)
Axed by Richard Handford (1998–2002)[]
- DC 'Tosh' Lines (9th June 1998)
- DS Alistair Greig (July 1998)
- Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow (27th October 2000)
- DS Geoff Daly (31st October 2000)
- DI Chris Deakin (31st October 2000)
- DC Kerry Holmes
- Sergeant Bob Cryer (24th April 2001)
Axed by Paul Marquess (2002–2005)[]
- Chief Inspector Derek Conway (28th March 2002)
- DS Vik Singh (4th April 2002)
- PC Ben Hayward (16th April 2002)
- Inspector Andrew Monroe (16th April 2002)
- DC Paul Riley (16th April 2002)
- DC Kate Spears (16th April 2002)
- PC Sam Harker (18th April 2002)
- DI Alex Cullen (20th August 2002)
- PC Cass Rickman (11th December 2002)
- DC Duncan Lennox (2nd January 2003)
- Sergeant Matthew Boyden (1st May 2003)
- DC Juliet Becker (30th October 2003)
- DC Rob Thatcher (18th November 2004)
- DC Ken Drummond (24th February 2005)
- SRO Marilyn Chambers (24th February 2005)
- DS Jim Carver (24th February 2005)
- PC Andrea Dunbar (24th February 2005)
Axed by Jonathan Young (2005–2010)[]
- PC Gabriel Kent (6th October 2005)
- PC Lance Powell (29th November 2005)
- SRO Julian Tavell (25th January 2006)
- CAD Officer Dean McVerry (22nd February 2006)
- PC Steve Hunter (12th April 2006)
- DC Zain Nadir (7th February 2007)
- PC Reg Hollis (12th March 2008)
- PC Tony Stamp (5th November 2009)