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"
Known for
Doctor Who
Awsok
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Allerton
Death in Paradise
Patti Grenson
Play for Today
Monica Potter
Play for Today
Jill
Play for Today
Margaret Hanson
Performance
Goneril
Killing Eve
Julia
Inspector Morse
Monica Height
Moving On
Carol
A Family at War
Freda Ashton
Cracker
Cracker
Judith Fitzgerald
Cracker
Judith
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Maureen Finnegan
The Durrells
Aunt Hermione
Beyond Paradise
Anne Lloyd
1864
Queen Victoria
Maigret
A Very Peculiar Practice
Rose Marie
Cranford
Mrs Jamieson
Hornblower
Mrs Mason
Murder in Mind
Grace Fisher
Open All Hours
The Forsyte Saga
Wives and Daughters
Miss Browning
The Barchester Chronicles
Mary Bold
The Line of Beauty
Sally Tipper
The Queen
The Queen
Chandler & Co.
The Vanishing Man
Pat & Cabbage
Pat
Malice Aforethought
Julia Bickleigh
The Beiderbecke Connection
Jill Swinburne
Sea of Souls
Lt Col Petra Summers
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Narrator (voice)
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
Joanna Lassiter
The Beiderbecke Affair
Jill Swinburne
Joshua Jones
He Knew He Was Right
Mrs. French
Elizabeth I
Mary Queen of Scots
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
Herself - Narrator
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd
The Queen's Castle
Narrator (Voice)
Perfect
Imogen
Miss Potter
Helen Potter
The Beiderbecke Tapes
Jill Swinburne
The Escort
Kim's Mother
Hornblower: Loyalty
Mrs. Mason
Britannia Hospital
Private Nurse
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Judith Fitzgerald
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Aunt Bella
The Christmas Candle
Lady Camdon
Hornblower: Duty
Mrs. Mason
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Narrator
Just Henry
Mrs Beaumont
You're Dead...
Prof. Corner
Christmas at the Riviera
Rita
Night Flight
Moira
The Marchioness Disaster
Eileen Dallaglio
King Lear
Goneril
Season's Greetings
Belinda
Burlesque Fairytales
Mrs. Argyle
Benefactors
A Mother Like Him
Jill
No Visible Scar
Margaret Hanson
Love on a Gunboat
Monica Potter
Bosses From Hell
The Vanishing Man
Me Jeffries
A Lion Called Christian
Self - Narrator(voice)
Dear Nobody
Chris' Mother
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
Narrator (Voice)
Day To Remember
Judy
The Flight Fund
Angie
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
Narrator
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Narrator
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
Self - Narrator
Standing in for Henry
Heather
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
Voice
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
1978: The Winter of Discontent
Narrator