Barbara Flynn
Biography
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
Helen Potter
Miss Potter
Voice
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
Kim's Mother
Mauvaise passe
Rita
Christmas at the Riviera
Chris' Mother
Dear Nobody
Aunt Bella
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Mrs Beaumont
Just Henry
Narrator
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
Goneril
King Lear
Lady Camdon
The Christmas Candle
Benefactors
Narrator (Voice)
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
Mrs. Mason
Hornblower: Loyalty
Prof. Corner
You're Dead...
Belinda
Season's Greetings
Narrator
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Sarah Ridd
Lorna Doone
Self - Narrator
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
Judy
Day To Remember
Angie
The Flight Fund
Mrs. Mason
Hornblower: Duty
Narrator
1978: The Winter of Discontent
Narrator
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Mrs. Argyle
Burlesque Fairytales
Eileen Dallaglio
The Marchioness Disaster
Moira
Night Flight
Judith Fitzgerald
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Monica Potter
Love on a Gunboat
Me Jeffries
The Vanishing Man
Margaret Hanson
No Visible Scar
Jill
A Mother Like Him
Private Nurse
Britannia Hospital
Heather
Standing in for Henry
Bosses From Hell
Self - Narrator(voice)
A Lion Called Christian
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
35
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-08-05
Place of Birth
Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Also Known As
Barbara Joy McMurray