Barbara Flynn

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

86

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-08-05 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

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

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

  • Killing Eve

    Killing Eve

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

    The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

  • Cracker

    Cracker

  • Cracker

    Cracker

  • Cracker

    Cracker

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • Beyond Paradise

    Beyond Paradise

  • Hornblower

    Hornblower

  • The Durrells

    The Durrells

  • Performance

    Performance

  • The Forsyte Saga

    The Forsyte Saga

  • Moving On

    Moving On

  • Murder in Mind

    Murder in Mind

  • Cranford

    Cranford

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • Night Flight

    Night Flight

  • Britannia Hospital

    Britannia Hospital

  • Miss Potter

    Miss Potter

  • Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

  • Just Henry

    Just Henry

  • A Family at War

    A Family at War

  • 1864

    1864

  • Wives and Daughters

    Wives and Daughters

  • Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I

  • Burlesque Fairytales

    Burlesque Fairytales

  • Hornblower: Duty

    Hornblower: Duty

  • A Very Peculiar Practice

    A Very Peculiar Practice

  • Hornblower: Loyalty

    Hornblower: Loyalty

  • Sea of Souls

    Sea of Souls

  • The Christmas Candle

    The Christmas Candle

  • The Queen

    The Queen

  • Chandler & Co.

    Chandler & Co.

  • The Line of Beauty

    The Line of Beauty

  • Dear Nobody

    Dear Nobody

  • Benefactors

    Benefactors

  • Open All Hours

    Open All Hours

  • The Flight Fund

    The Flight Fund

  • The Vanishing Man

    The Vanishing Man

  • He Knew He Was Right

    He Knew He Was Right

  • Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

  • Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

    Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

  • The Escort

    The Escort

  • A Mother Like Him

    A Mother Like Him

  • No Visible Scar

    No Visible Scar

  • The Marchioness Disaster

    The Marchioness Disaster

  • The Barchester Chronicles

    The Barchester Chronicles

  • Season's Greetings

    Season's Greetings

  • Christmas at the Riviera

    Christmas at the Riviera

  • My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

    My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

  • The Beiderbecke Affair

    The Beiderbecke Affair

  • Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

    Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

  • Standing in for Henry

    Standing in for Henry

  • Love on a Gunboat

    Love on a Gunboat

  • Day To Remember

    Day To Remember

  • You're Dead...

    You're Dead...

  • Bosses From Hell

    Bosses From Hell

  • Malice Aforethought

    Malice Aforethought

  • George Orwell: A Life In Pictures

    George Orwell: A Life In Pictures

  • Cracker: Nine Eleven

    Cracker: Nine Eleven

  • 1978: The Winter of Discontent

    1978: The Winter of Discontent

  • Diana: The Curse of the Spencers

    Diana: The Curse of the Spencers

  • The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance

    The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance

  • A Lion Called Christian

    A Lion Called Christian

  • The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation

    The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation

  • The Beiderbecke Connection

    The Beiderbecke Connection

  • The Beiderbecke Tapes

    The Beiderbecke Tapes

  • Perfect

    Perfect

  • The Vanishing Man

    The Vanishing Man

  • Pat & Cabbage

    Pat & Cabbage

  • Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady

    Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady

  • Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies

    Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies

  • Joshua Jones

    Joshua Jones

  • The Queen's Castle

    The Queen's Castle

  • The New Adventures of Lucky Jim

    The New Adventures of Lucky Jim

  • Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths

    Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • The Man Who Would Be Kubrick

    The Man Who Would Be Kubrick