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.
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"
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4858886
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Filmography (Movies)
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
Character:Narrator
Release Date:14/11/2022
1978: The Winter of Discontent
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/10/2022
The Christmas Candle
Character:Lady Camdon
Release Date:22/11/2013
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
Character:Narrator (Voice)
Release Date:04/03/2013
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Character:Aunt Bella
Release Date:07/12/2012
Just Henry
Character:Mrs Beaumont
Release Date:18/12/2011
Burlesque Fairytales
Character:Mrs. Argyle
Release Date:01/01/2010
A Lion Called Christian
Character:Self - Narrator(voice)
Release Date:28/03/2009
The Marchioness Disaster
Character:Eileen Dallaglio
Release Date:01/11/2008
Christmas at the Riviera
Character:Rita
Release Date:23/12/2007
Miss Potter
Character:Helen Potter
Release Date:03/12/2006
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Character:Judith Fitzgerald
Release Date:30/10/2006
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
Character:Voice
Release Date:27/10/2005
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Character:Narrator
Release Date:14/06/2003
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Character:Narrator
Release Date:27/04/2003
Hornblower: Duty
Character:Mrs. Mason
Release Date:06/01/2003
Hornblower: Loyalty
Character:Mrs. Mason
Release Date:05/01/2003
Night Flight
Character:Moira
Release Date:02/02/2002
Lorna Doone
Character:Sarah Ridd
Release Date:11/03/2001
The Escort
Character:Kim's Mother
Release Date:17/11/1999
You're Dead...
Character:Prof. Corner
Release Date:01/10/1999
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:04/09/1999
King Lear
Character:Goneril
Release Date:21/03/1998
Dear Nobody
Character:Chris' Mother
Release Date:27/02/1998
The Vanishing Man
Character:Me Jeffries
Release Date:02/04/1997
Benefactors
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1989
Bosses From Hell
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1989
Season's Greetings
Character:Belinda
Release Date:24/12/1986
Day To Remember
Character:Judy
Release Date:21/12/1986
A Mother Like Him
Character:Jill
Release Date:16/11/1982
Britannia Hospital
Character:Private Nurse
Release Date:27/05/1982
No Visible Scar
Character:Margaret Hanson
Release Date:17/11/1981
Standing in for Henry
Character:Heather
Release Date:19/12/1980
Love on a Gunboat
Character:Monica Potter
Release Date:04/01/1977
The Flight Fund
Character:Angie
Release Date:14/07/1975
Television Appearances
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
Character:Narrator
Beyond Paradise
Character:Anne Lloyd
Killing Eve
Character:Julia
The Durrells
Character:Aunt Hermione
1864
Character:Queen Victoria
Pat & Cabbage
Character:Pat
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
Character:Herself - Narrator
Death in Paradise
Character:Patti Grenson
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character:Self - Participant
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Queen
Character:The Queen
Moving On
Character:Carol
Cranford
Character:Mrs Jamieson
The Line of Beauty
Character:Sally Tipper
Elizabeth I
Character:Mary Queen of Scots
Malice Aforethought
Character:Julia Bickleigh
The Queen's Castle
Character:Narrator (Voice)
Doctor Who
Character:Awsok
He Knew He Was Right
Character:Mrs. French
Sea of Souls
Character:Lt Col Petra Summers
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Character:Maureen Finnegan
The Forsyte Saga
Character:Emily Forsyte
The Forsyte Saga
Character:Emily
Perfect
Character:Imogen
Murder in Mind
Character:Grace Fisher
Lorna Doone
Character:Sarah Ridd
Wives and Daughters
Character:Miss Browning
Hornblower
Character:Mrs Mason
The Vanishing Man
Character:Dr Jeffries
Silent Witness
Character:Carol Fisher
Chandler & Co
Character:Dee Tate
Cracker
Character:
Cracker
Character:Judith Fitzgerald
Cracker
Character:Judith
Maigret
Character:
Performance
Character:Goneril
Joshua Jones
Character:
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Mrs Allerton
The Beiderbecke Connection
Character:Jill Swinburne
The Beiderbecke Tapes
Character:Jill Swinburne
Inspector Morse
Character:Monica Height
A Very Peculiar Practice
Character:Dr Rose Marie
The Beiderbecke Affair
Character:Jill Swinburne
The Barchester Chronicles
Character:Mary Bold
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
Character:Joanna Lassiter
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Character:Pauline Sutton
Open All Hours
Character:
Playhouse
Character:Heather
Play for Today
Character:Monica Potter
Play for Today
Character:Jill
Play for Today
Character:Margaret Hanson
A Family at War
Character:Freda MacKenzie
A Family at War
Character:Freda Ashton
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