Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 05, 1948
Place of Birth
Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Credits
89 titles
Barbara Flynn
Biography
Barbara Joy Flynn (born 5 August 1948) is an English actress. She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series A Family at War (1970–1972). She went on to play the milk woman in the BBC comedy Open All Hours (1976–1985), Jill Swinburne in The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985–1988), Dr. Rose Marie in the BBC series A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988), Judith Fitzgerald in the ITV drama Cracker (1993–1995), and Mrs. Jamieson in Cranford (2007–2009). In 2021, she appeared in Doctor Who: Flux as Tecteun, a founder of Time Lord society and The Doctor's adopted mother. Starting in 2023, she acted in Beyond Paradise, playing the mother of the detective's girlfriend. This included some episodes in 2024 where she was reunited with Peter Davison, her A Very Peculiar Practice co-star. In her own words, she tends to play "feisty, strong women"
Known For
Filmography
Open All Hours: Inside Out
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
Narrator
Beyond Paradise
Anne Lloyd
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
Narrator
1978: The Winter of Discontent
Narrator
Kate & Koji
Councillor Lavinia Bone
Killing Eve
Julia
The Durrells
Aunt Hermione
1864
Queen Victoria
The Christmas Candle
Lady Camdon
Pat & Cabbage
Pat
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
Narrator (Voice)
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Aunt Bella
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
Herself - Narrator
Just Henry
Mrs Beaumont
Death in Paradise
Patti Grenson
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
The Borgias
Isabella
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Narrator (voice)
Burlesque Fairytales
Mrs. Argyle
The Queen
The Queen
Moving On
Carol
A Lion Called Christian
Self - Narrator(voice)
The Marchioness Disaster
Eileen Dallaglio
Christmas at the Riviera
Rita
Cranford
Mrs Jamieson
Guarding The Queen
Narrator
Miss Potter
Helen Potter
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Judith Fitzgerald
The Line of Beauty
Sally Tipper
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
Voice
Elizabeth I
Mary Queen of Scots
Malice Aforethought
Julia Bickleigh
The Queen's Castle
Narrator (Voice)
Doctor Who
Awsok
He Knew He Was Right
Mrs French
Sea of Souls
Lt Col Petra Summers
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Narrator
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Narrator
Hornblower: Duty
Mrs. Mason
Hornblower: Loyalty
Mrs. Mason
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Maureen Finnegan
The Forsyte Saga
Emily Forsyte
Night Flight
Moira
Perfect
Imogen
Murder in Mind
Grace Fisher
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd
Wives and Daughters
Miss Browning
The Escort
Kim's Mother