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