Barbara Flynn
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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
Credits
Miss Potter (2006)
as Helen Potter
Quick Change (1990)
as Hostage
Just Henry (2011)
as Mrs Beaumont
The Escort (1999)
as Kim's Mother
You're Dead... (1999)
as Prof. Corner
Christmas at the Riviera (2007)
as Rita
Bosses From Hell (1989)
Actor
Britannia Hospital (1982)
as Private Nurse
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
as Aunt Bella
Cracker: Nine Eleven (2006)
as Judith Fitzgerald
Open All Hours: Inside Out (2026)
as Self
The Christmas Candle (2013)
as Lady Camdon
Benefactors (1989)
as Jane
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures (2003)
as Narrator
Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
as Mrs. Mason
Lorna Doone (2001)
as Sarah Ridd
Burlesque Fairytales (2010)
as Mrs. Argyle
A Lion Called Christian (2009)
as Self - Narrator(voice)
Love on a Gunboat (1977)
as Monica Potter
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
as Mrs. Mason
Night Flight (2002)
as Moira
King Lear (1998)
as Goneril
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance (2013)
as Narrator (Voice)
Day To Remember (1986)
as Judy
A Mother Like Him (1982)
as Jill
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers (2022)
as Narrator
The Vanishing Man (1997)
as Me Jeffries
Standing in for Henry (1980)
as Heather
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick (1999)
as Self - Narrator
No Visible Scar (1981)
as Margaret Hanson
Season's Greetings (1986)
as Belinda
The Marchioness Disaster (2008)
as Eileen Dallaglio
Dear Nobody (1998)
as Chris' Mother
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady (2003)
as Narrator
1978: The Winter of Discontent (2022)
as Narrator
The Flight Fund (1975)
as Angie
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation (2005)
as Voice