Barbara Flynn

Acting

Born Aug 05, 1948

From Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

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"

Barbara Flynn

Known For

Miss Potter

The Escort

Lorna Doone

Britannia Hospital

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Loyalty

The Christmas Candle

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

Christmas at the Riviera

Filmography — Acting

Miss Potter

The Escort

Lorna Doone

Night Flight

Britannia Hospital

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Loyalty

The Christmas Candle

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

Christmas at the Riviera

Season's Greetings

Bosses From Hell

Standing in for Henry

Just Henry

King Lear

Burlesque Fairytales

You're Dead...

The Vanishing Man

No Visible Scar

Cracker: Nine Eleven

The Marchioness Disaster

Love on a Gunboat

George Orwell: A Life In Pictures

The Flight Fund

Benefactors

The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation

Dear Nobody

A Mother Like Him

The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance

A Lion Called Christian

Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady

Day To Remember

1978: The Winter of Discontent

The Man Who Would Be Kubrick

Diana: The Curse of the Spencers