Barbara Flynn
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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 full biography
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Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths (2025), Pat & Cabbage (2013), Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies (2012), My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (2010), The Queen (2009), Cranford (2007), Guarding The Queen (2007), The Line of Beauty (2006), Malice Aforethought (2005), The Queen's Castle (2005), Elizabeth I (2005), Sea of Souls (2004), He Knew He Was Right (2004), Perfect (2001), Lorna Doone (2000), Wives and Daughters (1999), Hornblower (1998), The Vanishing Man (1997), Chandler & Co (1994), Maigret (1992), Joshua Jones (1991), The Beiderbecke Connection (1988), The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987), A Very Peculiar Practice (1986), The Beiderbecke Affair (1985), The Barchester Chronicles (1982), The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982), Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977), Open All Hours (1976), Centre Play (1973), A Family at War (1970)