Barbara Flynn
Acting
Born: August 5, 1948 (age 78) · Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Doctor Who
2005
Killing Eve
2018
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Miss Potter
2006
The Borgias
2011
Death in Paradise
2011
Inspector Morse
1987
The Durrells
2016
Cracker
1993
Silent Witness
1996
Elizabeth I
2005
Britannia Hospital
1982
Photos (3)
Movies (28)
The Escort
Kim's Mother
Miss Potter
Helen Potter
Just Henry
Mrs Beaumont
Britannia Hospital
Private Nurse
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Aunt Bella
Hornblower: Loyalty
Mrs. Mason
Bosses From Hell
1989
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd
Christmas at the Riviera
Rita
Hornblower: Duty
Mrs. Mason
Open All Hours: Inside Out
2026
The Christmas Candle
Lady Camdon
You're Dead...
Prof. Corner
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Judith Fitzgerald
King Lear
Goneril
The Vanishing Man
Me Jeffries
Burlesque Fairytales
Mrs. Argyle
Love on a Gunboat
Monica Potter
No Visible Scar
Margaret Hanson
Dear Nobody
Chris' Mother
Season's Greetings
Belinda
Standing in for Henry
Heather
A Mother Like Him
Jill
The Flight Fund
Angie
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Narrator
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Narrator
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
Narrator
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
Narrator (Voice)
TV Shows (55)
Doctor Who
Awsok · 2 eps
Death in Paradise
Patti Grenson · 1 eps
Play for Today
Monica Potter · 1 eps
Play for Today
Margaret Hanson · 1 eps
Play for Today
Jill · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Allerton · 1 eps
Silent Witness
Carol Fisher · 2 eps
Killing Eve
Julia · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Monica Height · 1 eps
The Borgias
Isabella · 1 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV Documentary Narrator · 1 eps
Performance
Goneril · 1 eps
Playhouse
Heather · 1 eps
Cracker
1993
Cracker
Judith Fitzgerald · 15 eps
Cracker
Judith · 4 eps
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Maureen Finnegan · 1 eps
Beyond Paradise
Anne Lloyd · 9 eps
Moving On
Carol · 1 eps
Hornblower
Mrs Mason · 2 eps
The Durrells
Aunt Hermione · 5 eps
Centre Play
Angie · 1 eps
Chandler & Co
Dee Tate · 6 eps
The Forsyte Saga
Emily Forsyte
The Forsyte Saga
Emily · 6 eps
Murder in Mind
Grace Fisher · 1 eps
Cranford
Mrs Jamieson · 7 eps
Maigret
2 eps
Wives and Daughters
Miss Browning · 4 eps
1864
Queen Victoria · 1 eps
A Family at War
Freda MacKenzie · 8 eps
A Family at War
Freda Ashton · 32 eps
Open All Hours
The Milk Woman · 11 eps
Sea of Souls
Lt Col Petra Summers · 2 eps
He Knew He Was Right
Mrs French · 2 eps
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Pauline Sutton · 1 eps
A Very Peculiar Practice
Dr Rose Marie · 14 eps
Elizabeth I
Mary Queen of Scots · 2 eps
The Line of Beauty
Sally Tipper · 1 eps
The Queen
The Queen · 5 eps
Kate & Koji
Councillor Lavinia Bone · 6 eps
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd · 2 eps
The Barchester Chronicles
Mary Bold · 6 eps
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
Narrator · 10 eps
The Vanishing Man
Dr Jeffries · 1 eps
Malice Aforethought
Julia Bickleigh · 2 eps
Joshua Jones
12 eps
The Beiderbecke Affair
Jill Swinburne · 6 eps
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Narrator (voice) · 14 eps
The Beiderbecke Connection
Jill Swinburne · 4 eps
The Justice Game
Eleanor Goodchild · 4 eps
Guarding The Queen
Narrator · 3 eps
The Beiderbecke Tapes
Jill Swinburne · 2 eps
Perfect
Imogen · 2 eps
Pat & Cabbage
Pat · 6 eps
