Barbara Flynn

Known for ActingBorn 1948-08-05 (age 77)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"Read more

Movies & web series

The Justice Game

Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady

Season's Greetings

The Flight Fund

The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance

George Orwell: A Life In Pictures

King Lear

Murder in Mind

Cranford

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Killing Eve

Sea of Souls

A Very Peculiar Practice

Chandler & Co

The Forsyte Saga

The New Adventures of Lucky Jim

Hornblower

Inspector Morse

The Beiderbecke Affair

Lorna Doone

The Borgias

A Lion Called Christian

Open All Hours

Doctor Who

He Knew He Was Right

The Beiderbecke Connection

Death in Paradise

The Durrells

Silent Witness

Maigret

Moving On

Wives and Daughters

Hornblower: Duty

Elizabeth I

Hornblower: Loyalty

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

The Barchester Chronicles

Beyond Paradise

The Queen

Cracker: Nine Eleven

Perfect

The Vanishing Man

The Vanishing Man

A Mother Like Him

You're Dead...

Playhouse

Centre Play

Just Henry