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Barbara Flynn

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: Acting

Born: Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK, 1948-08-05

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	The Flight Fund	Angie	0
2	1977	Love on a Gunboat	Monica Potter	0
3	1980	Standing in for Henry	Heather	0
4	1981	No Visible Scar	Margaret Hanson	0
5	1982	Britannia Hospital	Private Nurse	63
6	1982	A Mother Like Him	Jill	0
7	1986	Day To Remember	Judy	0
8	1986	Season's Greetings	Belinda	0
9	1989	Bosses From Hell		0
10	1989	Benefactors		20
11	1997	The Vanishing Man	Me Jeffries	0
12	1998	Dear Nobody	Chris' Mother	20
13	1998	King Lear	Goneril	80
14	1999	The Man Who Would Be Kubrick	Self - Narrator	0
15	1999	You're Dead...	Prof. Corner	64
16	1999	The Escort	Kim's Mother	53
17	2001	Lorna Doone	Sarah Ridd	57
18	2002	Night Flight	Moira	60
19	2003	Hornblower: Loyalty	Mrs. Mason	71
20	2003	Hornblower: Duty	Mrs. Mason	73
21	2003	Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady	Narrator	0
22	2003	George Orwell: A Life In Pictures	Narrator	0
23	2005	The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation	Voice	0
24	2006	Cracker: Nine Eleven	Judith Fitzgerald	70
25	2006	Miss Potter	Helen Potter	66
26	2007	Christmas at the Riviera	Rita	42
27	2008	The Marchioness Disaster	Eileen Dallaglio	0
28	2009	A Lion Called Christian	Self - Narrator(voice)	78
29	2010	Burlesque Fairytales	Mrs. Argyle	56
30	2011	Just Henry	Mrs Beaumont	66
31	2012	Cheerful Weather for the Wedding	Aunt Bella	56
32	2013	The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance	Narrator (Voice)	0
33	2013	The Christmas Candle	Lady Camdon	58
34	2022	1978: The Winter of Discontent	Narrator	0
35	2022	Diana: The Curse of the Spencers	Narrator	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	A Family at War	Freda Ashton	70
2	1970	Play for Today	Monica Potter	63
3	1970	Play for Today	Margaret Hanson	63
4	1970	Play for Today	Jill	63
5	1974	Playhouse	Heather	70
6	1976	Open All Hours		79
7	1982	The New Adventures of Lucky Jim	Joanna Lassiter	0
8	1982	The Barchester Chronicles	Mary Bold	70
9	1985	The Beiderbecke Affair	Jill Swinburne	78
10	1986	A Very Peculiar Practice	Rose Marie	80
11	1987	Inspector Morse	Monica Height	78
12	1987	The Beiderbecke Tapes	Jill Swinburne	66
13	1988	The Beiderbecke Connection	Jill Swinburne	73
14	1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Mrs Allerton	82
15	1991	Joshua Jones		60
16	1991	Performance	Goneril	60
17	1992	Maigret		69
18	1993	Cracker		66
19	1993	Cracker	Judith Fitzgerald	66
20	1993	Cracker	Judith	66
21	1994	Chandler & Co.		0
22	1997	The Vanishing Man		0
23	1998	Hornblower	Mrs Mason	78
24	1999	Wives and Daughters	Miss Browning	73
25	2000	Lorna Doone	Sarah Ridd	80
26	2001	Murder in Mind	Grace Fisher	84
27	2001	Perfect	Imogen	0
28	2002	The Forsyte Saga	Emily Forsyte	79
29	2002	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Maureen Finnegan	71
30	2004	Sea of Souls	Lt Col Petra Summers	76
31	2004	He Knew He Was Right	Mrs. French	78
32	2005	Doctor Who	Awsok	76
33	2005	The Queen's Castle	Narrator (Voice)	0
34	2005	Malice Aforethought	Julia Bickleigh	45
35	2005	Elizabeth I	Mary Queen of Scots	72
36	2006	The Line of Beauty	Sally Tipper	65
37	2007	Cranford	Mrs Jamieson	81
38	2009	Moving On	Carol	71
39	2009	The Queen	The Queen	70
40	2010	My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding	Narrator (voice)	50
41	2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant	50
42	2011	Death in Paradise	Patti Grenson	74
43	2012	Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies	Herself - Narrator	0
44	2013	Pat & Cabbage	Pat	0
45	2014	1864	Queen Victoria	63
46	2016	The Durrells	Aunt Hermione	75
47	2018	Killing Eve	Julia	80
48	2023	Beyond Paradise	Anne Lloyd	67