- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Place of Birth
- Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Barbara Flynn
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"
Filmography
movieOpen All Hours: Inside Out
2026
tvSecrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
2025 · Narrator
tvBeyond Paradise
2023 · Anne Lloyd
movieDiana: The Curse of the Spencers
2022 · Narrator
1978: The Winter of Discontent
movie1978: The Winter of Discontent
2022 · Narrator
tvKate & Koji
2020 · Councillor Lavinia Bone
tvKilling Eve
2018 · Julia
tvThe Durrells
2016 · Aunt Hermione
tv1864
2014 · Queen Victoria
movieThe Christmas Candle
2013 · Lady Camdon
tvPat & Cabbage
2013 · Pat
movieThe Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013 · Narrator (Voice)
movieCheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012 · Aunt Bella
tvJet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
2012 · Herself - Narrator
movieJust Henry
2011 · Mrs Beaumont
tvDeath in Paradise
2011 · Patti Grenson
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant
tvThe Borgias
2011 · Isabella
tvMy Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
2010 · Narrator (voice)
movieBurlesque Fairytales
2010 · Mrs. Argyle
tvThe Queen
2009 · The Queen
tvMoving On
2009 · Carol
movieA Lion Called Christian
2009 · Self - Narrator(voice)
The Marchioness Disaster
movieThe Marchioness Disaster
2008 · Eileen Dallaglio
movieChristmas at the Riviera
2007 · Rita
tvCranford
2007 · Mrs Jamieson
tvGuarding The Queen
2007 · Narrator
movieMiss Potter
2006 · Helen Potter
movieCracker: Nine Eleven
2006 · Judith Fitzgerald
tvThe Line of Beauty
2006 · Sally Tipper
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
movieThe 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
2005 · Voice
tvElizabeth I
2005 · Mary Queen of Scots
tvMalice Aforethought
2005 · Julia Bickleigh
The Queen's Castle
tvThe Queen's Castle
2005 · Narrator (Voice)
tvDoctor Who
2005 · Awsok
tvHe Knew He Was Right
2004 · Mrs French
tvSea of Souls
2004 · Lt Col Petra Summers
movieGeorge Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003 · Narrator
movieRosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003 · Narrator
movieHornblower: Duty
2003 · Mrs. Mason
movieHornblower: Loyalty
2003 · Mrs. Mason
tvThe Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · Maureen Finnegan
tvThe Forsyte Saga
2002 · Emily Forsyte
Night Flight
movieNight Flight
2002 · Moira
tvPerfect
2001 · Imogen
tvMurder in Mind
2001 · Grace Fisher
movieLorna Doone
2001 · Sarah Ridd
tvLorna Doone
2000 · Sarah Ridd
tvWives and Daughters
1999 · Miss Browning
movieThe Escort
1999 · Kim's Mother
movieYou're Dead...
1999 · Prof. Corner
movieThe Man Who Would Be Kubrick
1999 · Self - Narrator
tvHornblower
1998 · Mrs Mason
movieKing Lear
1998 · Goneril
movieDear Nobody
1998 · Chris' Mother
tvThe Vanishing Man
1997 · Dr Jeffries
movieThe Vanishing Man
1997 · Me Jeffries
tvSilent Witness
1996 · Carol Fisher
tvChandler & Co
1994 · Dee Tate
tvCracker
1993 · , Judith Fitzgerald
tvMaigret
1992
tvPerformance
1991 · Goneril
tvJoshua Jones
1991
tvThe Justice Game
1989 · Eleanor Goodchild
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Mrs Allerton
Benefactors
movieBenefactors
1989
movieBosses From Hell
1989
tvThe Beiderbecke Connection
1988 · Jill Swinburne
tvThe Beiderbecke Tapes
1987 · Jill Swinburne
tvInspector Morse
1987 · Monica Height
movieSeason's Greetings
1986 · Belinda
Day To Remember
movieDay To Remember
1986 · Judy
tvA Very Peculiar Practice
1986 · Dr Rose Marie
tvThe Beiderbecke Affair
1985 · Jill Swinburne
movieA Mother Like Him
1982 · Jill
tvThe Barchester Chronicles
1982 · Mary Bold
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
tvThe New Adventures of Lucky Jim
1982 · Joanna Lassiter
movieBritannia Hospital
1982 · Private Nurse
movieNo Visible Scar
1981 · Margaret Hanson
The Bagthorpe Saga
tvThe Bagthorpe Saga
1981 · Sue
movieStanding in for Henry
1980 · Heather
tvMurder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977 · Pauline Sutton
movieLove on a Gunboat
1977 · Monica Potter
tvOpen All Hours
1976 · The Milk Woman
movieThe Flight Fund
1975 · Angie
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Heather
tvCentre Play
1973 · Angie
tvPlay for Today
1970 · Monica Potter, Margaret Hanson, Jill
tvA Family at War
1970 · Freda MacKenzie, Freda Ashton