Barbara Flynn
Acting
🎂 1948-08-05
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"
Cast credits(83)
Awsok
2005
Monica Potter
1970
Margaret Hanson
1970
Jill
1970
Patti Grenson
2011
Mrs Allerton
1989
Heather
1974
Julia
2018
Aunt Hermione
2016
Self - Participant
2011
Mrs Mason
1998
1993
Judith Fitzgerald
1993
Judith
1993
Mrs Jamieson
2007
Goneril
1991
Monica Height
1987
Freda Ashton
1970
Anne Lloyd
2023
Queen Victoria
2014
Lt Col Petra Summers
2004
Sally Tipper
2006
The Queen
2009
1994
1992
Miss Browning
1999
Mary Bold
1982
Maureen Finnegan
2002
Carol
2009
Emily Forsyte
2002
Rose Marie
1986
Grace Fisher
2001
Mrs. French
2004
1976
Jill Swinburne
1988
1997
Joanna Lassiter
1982
Narrator (voice)
2010
Jill Swinburne
1985
Herself - Narrator
2012
1991
Mary Queen of Scots
2005
Narrator (Voice)
2005
Julia Bickleigh
2005
Helen Potter
2006
Sarah Ridd
2000
Kim's Mother
1999
Private Nurse
1982
Pat
2013
Lady Camdon
2013
Imogen
2001
Jill Swinburne
1987
Aunt Bella
2012
Mrs. Mason
2003
Moira
2002
Sarah Ridd
2001
Mrs Beaumont
2011
Goneril
1998
Rita
2007
Mrs. Argyle
2010
Judy
1986
Eileen Dallaglio
2008
Prof. Corner
1999
1989
Me Jeffries
1997
Margaret Hanson
1981
Mrs. Mason
2003
Narrator
2003
1989
Judith Fitzgerald
2006
Self - Narrator
1999
Narrator
2022
Belinda
1986
Monica Potter
1977
Self - Narrator(voice)
2009
Angie
1975
Jill
1982
Heather
1980
Chris' Mother
1998
Narrator
2003
Voice
2005
Narrator (Voice)
2013
Narrator
2022