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"
★6.6
MOVIE2006
Miss Potter
as Helen Potter
★4.2
MOVIE2007
Christmas at the Riviera
as Rita
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Cracker: Nine Eleven
as Judith Fitzgerald
★5.4
MOVIE1999
The Escort
as Kim's Mother
MOVIE1989
Bosses From Hell
★5.9
MOVIE2013
The Christmas Candle
as Lady Camdon
★5.8
MOVIE2001
Lorna Doone
as Sarah Ridd
★7.2
MOVIE2003
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Mrs. Mason
★6.6
MOVIE2011
Just Henry
as Mrs Beaumont
★5.4
MOVIE2012
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Aunt Bella
★6.3
MOVIE1982
Britannia Hospital
as Private Nurse
★6.8
MOVIE1999
You're Dead...
as Prof. Corner
★5.6
MOVIE2010
Burlesque Fairytales
as Mrs. Argyle
★7.3
MOVIE2003
Hornblower: Duty
as Mrs. Mason
★2.0
MOVIE1989
Benefactors
MOVIE1980
Standing in for Henry
as Heather
MOVIE2026
Open All Hours: Inside Out
MOVIE1981
No Visible Scar
as Margaret Hanson
★7.0
MOVIE1982
A Mother Like Him
as Jill
★7.5
MOVIE2002
Night Flight
as Moira
★4.0
MOVIE1998
Dear Nobody
as Chris' Mother
★9.0
MOVIE1986
Season's Greetings
as Belinda
★5.5
MOVIE2008
The Marchioness Disaster
as Eileen Dallaglio
★8.5
MOVIE1998
King Lear
as Goneril
★8.5
MOVIE2013
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
as Narrator (Voice)
★8.5
MOVIE2003
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
as Narrator
MOVIE1986
Day To Remember
as Judy
★7.0
MOVIE1997
The Vanishing Man
as Me Jeffries
MOVIE2022
1978: The Winter of Discontent
as Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE1975
The Flight Fund
as Angie
MOVIE1999
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE1977
Love on a Gunboat
as Monica Potter
MOVIE2022
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
as Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE2003
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
as Narrator
★7.0
MOVIE2009
A Lion Called Christian
as Self - Narrator(voice)
MOVIE2005
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
as Voice