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"
86 acting credits
Acting · 86
Doctor Who
2005
Death in Paradise
2011
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Play for Today
1970
Silent Witness
1996
Killing Eve
2018
Playhouse
1974
Inspector Morse
1987
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
The Borgias
2011
Performance
1991
Moving On
2009
Cracker
1993
Beyond Paradise
2023
Murder in Mind
2001
The Durrells
2016
Hornblower
1998
Cranford
2007
The Forsyte Saga
2002
Maigret
1992
Centre Play
1973
Sea of Souls
2004
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
1864
2014
Open All Hours
1976
The Line of Beauty
2006
Elizabeth I
2005
The Queen
2009
Lorna Doone
2000
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
Chandler & Co
1994
He Knew He Was Right
2004
Wives and Daughters
1999
Miss Potter
2006
The Vanishing Man
1997
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
A Family at War
1970
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
2010
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
1982
Perfect
2001
Britannia Hospital
1982
Malice Aforethought
2005
Pat & Cabbage
2013
Joshua Jones
1991
The Escort
1999
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
2012
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006
Lorna Doone
2001
Night Flight
2002
The Christmas Candle
2013
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
Hornblower: Duty
2003
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
Season's Greetings
1986
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
The Queen's Castle
2005
You're Dead...
1999
The Vanishing Man
1997
Just Henry
2011
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
2025
The Marchioness Disaster
2008
Guarding The Queen
2007
Love on a Gunboat
1977
King Lear
1998
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
1999
The Flight Fund
1975
Standing in for Henry
1980
Open All Hours: Inside Out
2026
Dear Nobody
1998
Benefactors
1989
A Mother Like Him
1982
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013
Bosses From Hell
1989
No Visible Scar
1981
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
2005
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003
A Lion Called Christian
2009
1978: The Winter of Discontent
2022
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
2022
Day To Remember
1986