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