Barbara Flynn
Known for: Acting
Born: August 5, 1948
Place of birth: 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"
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Filmography
36 movies · 54 TV shows, newest first
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Open All Hours: Inside Out
2026
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Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
2025
7.0
Beyond Paradise
2023
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Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
2022NR
1978: The Winter of Discontent
2022
6.1
Kate & Koji
2020
7.9
Killing Eve
2018
7.5
The Durrells
2016
6.3
1864
2014
5.9
The Christmas Candle
2013
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Pat & Cabbage
2013
8.5
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013
5.4
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
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Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
2012
6.6
Just Henry
2011
7.4
Death in Paradise
2011
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
7.6
The Borgias
2011
4.8
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
2010
5.6
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
7.0
The Queen
2009
7.3
Moving On
2009
7.0
A Lion Called Christian
20095.5
The Marchioness Disaster
2008
4.2
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
8.1
Cranford
2007
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Guarding The Queen
2007
6.7
Miss Potter
2006
7.0
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006
6.8
The Line of Beauty
2006NR
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
2005
7.2
Elizabeth I
2005
4.5
Malice Aforethought
2005NR
The Queen's Castle
2005
7.6
Doctor Who
2005
7.6
He Knew He Was Right
2004
8.0
Sea of Souls
2004
8.5
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003
9.0
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003
7.3
Hornblower: Duty
2003
7.3
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
7.4
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
7.9
The Forsyte Saga
20027.5
Night Flight
2002
7.0
Perfect
2001
8.3
Murder in Mind
2001
5.8
Lorna Doone
2001
7.7
Lorna Doone
2000
7.3
Wives and Daughters
1999
5.4
The Escort
1999
6.8
You're Dead...
1999
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The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
1999
7.8
Hornblower
1998
8.5
King Lear
1998
4.0
Dear Nobody
1998
7.0
The Vanishing Man
1997
7.0
The Vanishing Man
1997
6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
7.6
Silent Witness
1996
8.0
Chandler & Co
1994
6.6
Cracker
1993
7.6
Maigret
1992
6.3
Performance
1991
6.0
Joshua Jones
1991
10.0
The Justice Game
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
19892.0
Benefactors
1989
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Bosses From Hell
1989
7.8
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988
6.8
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
9.0
Season's Greetings
1986NR
Day To Remember
1986
8.2
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
7.9
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985
7.0
A Mother Like Him
1982
7.3
The Barchester Chronicles
19828.0
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
1982
6.2
Britannia Hospital
1982
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No Visible Scar
19816.0
The Bagthorpe Saga
1981
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Standing in for Henry
1980
6.5
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
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Love on a Gunboat
1977
7.9
Open All Hours
1976
9.0
The Flight Fund
1975
7.0
Playhouse
1974
7.0
Centre Play
1973
6.6
Play for Today
1970
6.8
A Family at War
1970