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