Barbara Flynn
Born Aug 5, 1948 · Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
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
Beyond Paradise
2023
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
2022
Kate & Koji
2020
Killing Eve
2018
The Durrells
2016
1864
2014
The Christmas Candle
2013
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
2012
Death in Paradise
2011
The Borgias
2011
Just Henry
2011
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
2010
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
Moving On
2009
The Queen
2009
Cranford
2007
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
Guarding The Queen
2007
The Line of Beauty
2006
Miss Potter
2006
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006
Doctor Who
2005
Elizabeth I
2005
Malice Aforethought
2005
Sea of Souls
2004
He Knew He Was Right
2004
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
Hornblower: Duty
2003
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
The Forsyte Saga
2002
Murder in Mind
2001
Perfect
2001
Lorna Doone
2001
Wives and Daughters
1999
The Escort
1999
You're Dead...
1999
King Lear
1998
Dear Nobody
1998
The Vanishing Man
1997
The Vanishing Man
1997
Silent Witness
1996
Chandler & Co
1994
Cracker
1993
Maigret
1992
Performance
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Justice Game
1989
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988
Inspector Morse
1987
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
Season's Greetings
1986
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
Britannia Hospital
1982
A Mother Like Him
1982
No Visible Scar
1981
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
Love on a Gunboat
1977
Open All Hours
1976
The Flight Fund
1975
Playhouse
1974
Centre Play
1973
Play for Today
1970
A Family at War
1970