Barbara Flynn
Acting
1948-08-05 · 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"
movieOpen All Hours: Inside Out
as · 2026 · 0.0
tvSecrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
as Narrator · 2025 · 0.0
tvBeyond Paradise
as Anne Lloyd · 2023 · 6.9
movieDiana: The Curse of the Spencers
as Narrator · 2022 · 0.0
movie1978: The Winter of Discontent
as Narrator · 2022 · 0.0
tvKate & Koji
as Councillor Lavinia Bone · 2020 · 6.0
tvKilling Eve
as Julia · 2018 · 7.9
tvThe Durrells
as Aunt Hermione · 2016 · 7.4
tv1864
as Queen Victoria · 2014 · 6.3
movieThe Christmas Candle
as Lady Camdon · 2013 · 5.8
tvPat & Cabbage
as Pat · 2013 · 0.0
movieThe Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
as Narrator (Voice) · 2013 · 8.5
movieCheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Aunt Bella · 2012 · 5.4
tvJet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
as Herself - Narrator · 2012 · 0.0
movieJust Henry
as Mrs Beaumont · 2011 · 6.6
tvDeath in Paradise
as Patti Grenson · 2011 · 7.5
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant · 2011 · 6.0
tvThe Borgias
as Isabella · 2011 · 7.6
tvMy Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
as Narrator (voice) · 2010 · 4.8
movieBurlesque Fairytales
as Mrs. Argyle · 2010 · 5.6
tvThe Queen
as The Queen · 2009 · 7.0
tvMoving On
as Carol · 2009 · 7.3
movieA Lion Called Christian
as Self - Narrator(voice) · 2009 · 7.0
movieThe Marchioness Disaster
as Eileen Dallaglio · 2008 · 5.5