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"
18 TV shows
TV Shows
Doctor Who
BBC One
Agatha Christie's Poirot
ITV1
Death in Paradise
BBC One
Silent Witness
BBC One
Killing Eve
BBC America
Play for Today
BBC One
Inspector Morse
ITV1
The Borgias
Showtime
Playhouse
BBC Two
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
BBC One
Performance
BBC Four
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
BBC One
Cracker
ITV1
Moving On
BBC One
The Durrells
ITV1
Murder in Mind
BBC One
The Forsyte Saga
ITV1
1864
DR1
Other Credits
Joshua Jones, The Beiderbecke Connection, The Beiderbecke Tapes, The Beiderbecke Affair, Malice Aforethought, Wives and Daughters, Pat & Cabbage, The Barchester Chronicles, Cranford, Maigret, Hornblower, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, The Queen, The Queen's Castle, Perfect, Sea of Souls, The New Adventures of Lucky Jim, The Line of Beauty, Elizabeth I, Lorna Doone, Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies, Beyond Paradise, A Very Peculiar Practice, Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle, Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths, A Family at War, Chandler & Co, The Vanishing Man, Open All Hours, Centre Play, Guarding The Queen, He Knew He Was Right