Acting
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"
Filmography
Open All Hours: Inside Out
Film · 2026
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
Series · 2025
Beyond Paradise
Series · 2023
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
Film · 2022
1978: The Winter of Discontent
Film · 2022
Kate & Koji
Series · 2020
Killing Eve
Series · 2018
The Durrells
Series · 2016
1864
Series · 2014
The Christmas Candle
Film · 2013
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
Film · 2013
Pat & Cabbage
Series · 2013
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Film · 2012
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
Series · 2012
Just Henry
Film · 2011
Death in Paradise
Series · 2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Series · 2011
The Borgias
Series · 2011
Burlesque Fairytales
Film · 2010
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Series · 2010
A Lion Called Christian
Film · 2009
The Queen
Series · 2009
Moving On
Series · 2009
The Marchioness Disaster
Film · 2008
Christmas at the Riviera
Film · 2007
Cranford
Series · 2007
Guarding The Queen
Series · 2007
Miss Potter
Film · 2006
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Film · 2006
The Line of Beauty
Series · 2006
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
Film · 2005
Malice Aforethought
Series · 2005
The Queen's Castle
Series · 2005
Doctor Who
Series · 2005
Elizabeth I
Series · 2005
Sea of Souls
Series · 2004
He Knew He Was Right
Series · 2004
Hornblower: Loyalty
Film · 2003
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Film · 2003
Hornblower: Duty
Film · 2003
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Film · 2003
Night Flight
Film · 2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Series · 2002
The Forsyte Saga
Series · 2002
The Forsyte Saga
Series · 2002
Lorna Doone
Film · 2001
Perfect
Series · 2001
Murder in Mind
Series · 2001
Lorna Doone
Series · 2000
The Escort
Film · 1999
You're Dead...
Film · 1999
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
Film · 1999
Wives and Daughters
Series · 1999
Dear Nobody
Film · 1998
King Lear
Film · 1998
Hornblower
Series · 1998
The Vanishing Man
Film · 1997
The Vanishing Man
Series · 1997
Silent Witness
Series · 1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
Series · 1996
Chandler & Co
Series · 1994
Cracker
Series · 1993
Cracker
Series · 1993
Cracker
Series · 1993
Maigret
Series · 1992
Joshua Jones
Series · 1991
Performance
Series · 1991
Benefactors
Film · 1989
Bosses From Hell
Film · 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
The Justice Game
Series · 1989
The Beiderbecke Connection
Series · 1988
Inspector Morse
Series · 1987
The Beiderbecke Tapes
Series · 1987
Season's Greetings
Film · 1986
Day To Remember
Film · 1986
A Very Peculiar Practice
Series · 1986
The Beiderbecke Affair
Series · 1985
Theatre Night
Series · 1985
A Mother Like Him
Film · 1982
Britannia Hospital
Film · 1982
The Barchester Chronicles
Series · 1982
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
Series · 1982
No Visible Scar
Film · 1981
The Bagthorpe Saga
Series · 1981
Standing in for Henry
Film · 1980
Love on a Gunboat
Film · 1977
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Series · 1977
Open All Hours
Series · 1976
The Flight Fund
Film · 1975
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Centre Play
Series · 1973
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
A Family at War
Series · 1970
A Family at War
Series · 1970