Barbara Flynn
Known for: Acting
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"
Filmography
Series
Doctor Who
Awsok
2005
Series
Death in Paradise
Patti Grenson
2011
Series
Play for Today
Monica Potter
1970
Series
Play for Today
Margaret Hanson
1970
Series
Play for Today
Jill
1970
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Allerton
1989
Series
Silent Witness
Carol Fisher
1996
Series
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV Documentary Narrator
1996
Series
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Series
The Borgias
Isabella
2011
Series
Killing Eve
Julia
2018
Series
Inspector Morse
Monica Height
1987
Series
Playhouse
Heather
1974
Series
Performance
Goneril
1991
Series
Beyond Paradise
Anne Lloyd
2023
Series
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Maureen Finnegan
2002
Series
Cracker
1993
Series
Cracker
Judith Fitzgerald
1993
Series
Cracker
Judith
1993
Series
Centre Play
Angie
1973
Series
The Durrells
Aunt Hermione
2016
Series
Moving On
Carol
2009
Series
Hornblower
Mrs Mason
1998
Series
Wives and Daughters
Miss Browning
1999
Series
Cranford
Mrs Jamieson
2007
Series
The Forsyte Saga
Emily Forsyte
2002
Series
The Forsyte Saga
Emily
2002
Series
Murder in Mind
Grace Fisher
2001
Series
Maigret
1992
Series
Chandler & Co
Dee Tate
1994
Series
Open All Hours
The Milk Woman
1976
Series
1864
Queen Victoria
2014
Series
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Pauline Sutton
1977
Series
A Very Peculiar Practice
Dr Rose Marie
1986
Series
The Line of Beauty
Sally Tipper
2006
Series
A Family at War
Freda MacKenzie
1970
Series
A Family at War
Freda Ashton
1970
Series
Sea of Souls
Lt Col Petra Summers
2004
Film
Miss Potter
Helen Potter
2006
Series
Elizabeth I
Mary Queen of Scots
2005
Series
Kate & Koji
Councillor Lavinia Bone
2020
Series
The Queen
The Queen
2009
Series
He Knew He Was Right
Mrs French
2004
Series
The Barchester Chronicles
Mary Bold
1982
Series
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
Narrator
2025
Film
Britannia Hospital
Private Nurse
1982
Film
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Aunt Bella
2012
Series
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd
2000
Series
Joshua Jones
1991
Film
The Escort
Kim's Mother
1999
Series
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Narrator (voice)
2010
Series
The Beiderbecke Affair
Jill Swinburne
1985
Series
The Vanishing Man
Dr Jeffries
1997
Series
Malice Aforethought
Julia Bickleigh
2005
Series
The Justice Game
Eleanor Goodchild
1989
Series
The Beiderbecke Connection
Jill Swinburne
1988
Film
Just Henry
Mrs Beaumont
2011
Film
Hornblower: Loyalty
Mrs. Mason
2003
Film
Christmas at the Riviera
Rita
2007
Series
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
Herself - Narrator
2012
Film
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd
2001
The Bagthorpe Saga
Sue
1981
Series
The Beiderbecke Tapes
Jill Swinburne
1987
Series
Pat & Cabbage
Pat
2013
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
Joanna Lassiter
1982
Film
The Christmas Candle
Lady Camdon
2013
Series
Perfect
Imogen
2001
Film
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Judith Fitzgerald
2006
Film
Hornblower: Duty
Mrs. Mason
2003
Film
Bosses From Hell
1989
Film
You're Dead...
Prof. Corner
1999
Night Flight
Moira
2002
Series
Guarding The Queen
Narrator
2007
Film
King Lear
Goneril
1998
Film
Season's Greetings
Belinda
1986
Benefactors
1989
Film
Open All Hours: Inside Out
2026
Film
Burlesque Fairytales
Mrs. Argyle
2010
The Marchioness Disaster
Eileen Dallaglio
2008
Film
The Vanishing Man
Me Jeffries
1997
Film
Love on a Gunboat
Monica Potter
1977
Film
A Mother Like Him
Jill
1982
Film
No Visible Scar
Margaret Hanson
1981
Film
A Lion Called Christian
Self - Narrator(voice)
2009
Film
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Narrator
2003
The Queen's Castle
Narrator (Voice)
2005
Film
Standing in for Henry
Heather
1980
Film
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
Self - Narrator
1999
1978: The Winter of Discontent
Narrator
2022
Film
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Narrator
2003
Day To Remember
Judy
1986
Film
Dear Nobody
Chris' Mother
1998
Film
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
Narrator
2022
Film
The Flight Fund
Angie
1975
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
Voice
2005
Film
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
Narrator (Voice)
2013