Cast
Barbara Flynn
Acting
Cast
Barbara Flynn
Known for
Acting
Born
1948-08-05
From
Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Also known as Barbara Joy McMurray
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"
Miss Potter
as Helen Potter
Night Flight
as Moira
Burlesque Fairytales
as Mrs. Argyle
The Christmas Candle
as Lady Camdon
The Escort
as Kim's Mother
Britannia Hospital
as Private Nurse
Lorna Doone
as Sarah Ridd
Cracker: Nine Eleven
as Judith Fitzgerald
Christmas at the Riviera
as Rita
Hornblower: Duty
as Mrs. Mason
You're Dead...
as Prof. Corner
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Aunt Bella
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Mrs. Mason
Just Henry
as Mrs Beaumont
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
as Narrator (Voice)
Benefactors
Bosses From Hell
The Vanishing Man
as Me Jeffries
King Lear
as Goneril
Open All Hours: Inside Out
Standing in for Henry
as Heather
Dear Nobody
as Chris' Mother
No Visible Scar
as Margaret Hanson
Love on a Gunboat
as Monica Potter
1978: The Winter of Discontent
as Narrator
Season's Greetings
as Belinda
The Marchioness Disaster
as Eileen Dallaglio
Day To Remember
as Judy
A Lion Called Christian
as Self - Narrator(voice)
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
as Self - Narrator
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
as Narrator
A Mother Like Him
as Jill
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
as Voice
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
as Narrator
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
as Narrator
The Flight Fund
as Angie